Question

Increasing the federal tax on gasoline would cause shipping costs in the United States to​ increase:________

Answer 1

Positively

Step-by-step explanation:

In the e-commerce sector, consumers would often feel the effects of an increase in Federal gas tax since the shipping cost of products they purchase would be based on the prices of gasoline.

In effect, retailers of these products would transfer the increased shipping cost of this products resulting from higher gas tax to the consumers.