▁were ▁to ▁decide ▁to ▁imp ose ▁a ▁$ 5 0 ▁tax ▁upon ▁the ▁prov iders ▁of ▁clean ing ▁services , ▁their ▁trade ▁would ▁no ▁longer ▁benefit ▁them . ▁Am ie ▁would ▁not ▁willing ▁to ▁pay ▁any ▁price ▁above ▁$ 1 2 0 , ▁and ▁Will ▁would ▁no ▁longer ▁receive ▁a ▁payment ▁that ▁exceed s ▁his ▁opportunity ▁cost . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁not ▁only ▁do ▁Am ie ▁and ▁Will ▁both ▁give ▁up ▁the ▁deal , ▁but ▁Am ie ▁has ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁a ▁d irt ier ▁house , ▁and ▁Will ▁does ▁not ▁receive ▁his ▁desired ▁income . ▁They ▁have ▁thus ▁lost ▁amount ▁of ▁the ▁sur plus ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁have ▁received ▁from ▁their ▁deal , ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁this ▁made ▁each ▁of ▁them ▁worse ▁off ▁to ▁the ▁t une ▁of ▁$ 4 0 ▁in ▁value . ▁ ▁Government ▁re venue ▁is ▁also ▁affected ▁by ▁this ▁tax : ▁since ▁Am ie ▁and ▁Will ▁have ▁abandoned ▁the ▁deal , ▁the ▁government ▁also ▁los es ▁any ▁tax ▁re venue ▁that ▁would ▁have ▁resulted ▁from ▁w ages . ▁This ▁$ 4 0 ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁dead weight ▁loss . ▁It ▁causes ▁losses ▁for ▁both ▁buy ers ▁and ▁sell ers ▁in ▁a ▁market , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁decre asing ▁government ▁reven ues . ▁Tax es ▁cause ▁dead weight ▁losses ▁because ▁they ▁prevent ▁buy ers ▁and ▁sell ers ▁from ▁real izing ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁g ains ▁from ▁trade . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁graph , ▁the ▁dead weight ▁loss ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁the ▁sh