Excess Burden defined At each consumption level of barley, the vertical distance between ad and AF shows tax payments in terms of forgone corn Normalize p=$1 so that vertical distance can be measured in either quantity of corn or dollars 66 Excess Burden Defined • At each consumption level of barley, the vertical distance between AD and AF shows tax payments in terms of forgone corn. • Normalize Pc=$1 so that vertical distance can be measured in either quantity of corn or dollars