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When a government imposes a tax on the sales of a good, such as houses, the distribution of the tax burden between buyers and sellers is known as tax incidence. Assuming the market for houses is characterized by competitive supply and demand, how is the tax incidence likely to be distributed between buyers and sellers when a new sales tax is introduced? The entire tax burden falls on the buyers, increasing the price they pay by the full amount of the tax. The entire tax burden falls on the sellers, reducing the price they receive by the full amount of the tax. The tax burden is shared between buyers and sellers, with the specific distribution depending on the elasticities of supply and demand for houses. The tax burden is transferred to a third party, such as construction companies, who are neither buyers nor sellers of the houses.

          When a government imposes a tax on the sales of a good, such as houses, the
distribution of the tax burden between buyers and sellers is known as tax incidence.
Assuming the market for houses is characterized by competitive supply and demand,
how is the tax incidence likely to be distributed between buyers and sellers when a
new sales tax is introduced?
The entire tax burden falls on the buyers, increasing the price they pay by the
full amount of the tax.
The entire tax burden falls on the sellers, reducing the price they receive by the
full amount of the tax.
The tax burden is shared between buyers and sellers, with the specific
distribution depending on the elasticities of supply and demand for houses.
The tax burden is transferred to a third party, such as construction companies,
who are neither buyers nor sellers of the houses.

When a government imposes a tax on the sales of a good, such as houses, the
distribution of the tax burden between buyers and sellers is known as tax incidence.
Assuming the market for houses is characterized by competitive supply and demand,
how is the tax incidence likely to be distributed between buyers and sellers when a
new sales tax is introduced?
The entire tax burden falls on the buyers, increasing the price they pay by the
full amount of the tax.
The entire tax burden falls on the sellers, reducing the price they receive by the
full amount of the tax.
The tax burden is shared between buyers and sellers, with the specific
distribution depending on the elasticities of supply and demand for houses.
The tax burden is transferred to a third party, such as construction companies,
who are neither buyers nor sellers of the houses.

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