20. When a tax is placed on the sellers of a product, (b)
a. buyers pay more and sellers receive more than they did before the tax. b. buyers pay more and sellers receive less than they did before the tax. c. buyers pay less and sellers receive more than they did before the tax. d. buyers pay less and sellers receive less than they did before the tax. 21. When a tax is placed on the sellers of cell phones, (c)
a. the size of the cell phone market and the price paid by buyers both increase.
b. the size of the cell phone market increases, but the price paid by buyers decreases. c. the size of the cell phone market decreases, but the price paid by buyers increases. d. the size of the cell phone market and the price paid by buyers both decrease. 22. If a tax is levied on the buyers of a product, then the demand curve (b)
a. will not shift. b. will shift down. c. will shift up.
d. will become flatter.
23. A tax imposed on the buyers of a good will (a)
a. raise the price paid by buyers and lower the equilibrium quantity. b. raise the price paid by buyers and raise the equilibrium quantity.
c. raise the effective price received by sellers and lower the equilibrium quantity. d. raise the effective price received by sellers and raise the equilibrium quantity. 24. A tax imposed on the buyers of a good will (c)
a. lower the price paid by buyers and lower the equilibrium quantity. b. lower the price paid by buyers and raise the equilibrium quantity.
c. lower the effective price received by sellers and lower the equilibrium quantity. d. lower the effective price received by sellers and raise the equilibrium quantity.
25. If the government removes a tax on sellers of a good and imposes the same tax on buyers of the good,
then the price paid by buyers will (d)
a. increase and the price received by sellers will increase. b. increase and the price received by sellers will not change. c. not change and the price received by sellers will increase. d. not change and the price received by sellers will not change. 26. In the final analysis, tax incidence (c)
a. depends on the legislated burden. b. is entirely random.
c. depends on the forces of supply and demand. d. falls entirely on buyers or entirely on sellers.