The excess burden or deadweight loss of a tax refers to the

a. increase in product price as a result of the tax.
b. growth in government funded programs as a result of the revenue generated by the tax.
c. loss of disposable income consumers suffer from the tax.
d. reduction in gains from mutually beneficial exchanges that are eliminated as a result of the tax.


D

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