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Deadweight Losses and Taxation

Whenever a tax on a good outcome less government revenue than the sum of the losses of producer and consumer surpluses due to tax, economists state that the tax has caused a/an: (1) Administrative loss. (2) Market failure. (3) Economic loss. (4) Bureaucratic loss. (5) Deadweight loss.

Can someone please help me in finding out the accurate answer from the above options.

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