5. Calculating tax incidence Suppose that the U.S. government decides to charge cola producers a tax. Before the tax, 15 billion cases of cola were sold every year at a price or $6 cases of cola are sold every year,; consumers pay $9 per case, and producers receive $3 per case (after paying the tax) The amount of the tax on a case of cola is per case. Of this amount, the burden that falls on consumers is per case, and the burden that falls on producers is S per case. True or False: The effect of the tax on the quantity sold would have been larger if the tax had been levied on consumers. True False