The incidence of a tax: a. is a measure of the revenue the government receives from it. b. refers to how much of the tax is actually paid by consumers and producers. c. refers to who writes the check to the government. d. is a measure of the deadweight loss from the tax.

Helen tells her nephew, bernard, that she will pay him $100 if he will stop smoking for six months. helen was hopeful that if bernard stopped smoking for six months, he would stop altogether. bernard stops smoking for six months but then resumes his smoking. helen will not pay him. she says that the type of promise she made cannot constitute a binding contract and that, furthermore, it was at least implied that he would stop smoking for good. can bernard legally collect $100 from helen