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Suppose that the U. S. government decides to charge wine consumers a tax. Before the tax, 45,000 bottles of wine were sold every week at a price of $4 per bottle. After the tax, 39,000 bottles of wine are sold every week; consumers pay $7 per bottle (including the tax), and producers receive $1 per bottle.

(a) The amount of the tax on a bottle of wine is $ per bottle.

(b) Of this amount, the burden that falls on consumers is $ per bottle, and the burden that falls on producers is $ per bottle.

(c) True or False: The effect of the tax on the quantity sold would have been larger if the tax had been levied on producers. True or False?

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