(2) neither a greater nor a lower (3) a greater (4) a lesser 8. When a country is on the downward-sloping side of the Laffer curve, a decrease in tax rates will: (1) increase tax revenues and deadweight loss. (2) increase tax revenues and decrease deadweight loss. (3) lower tax revenues and deadweight loss. (4) lower tax revenues and increase deadweight loss. 9. If the government doubled the tax on gasoline, what happens to the deadweight loss from the gasoline tax? (1) It would more than double. (2) It would double. (3) It would increase, but it would not double. (4) It would not change. 10. How is the tax benefit received by the government measured? (1) By deadwei