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A tax is imposed on producers of a good. For a given supply curve, the more price elastic the demand for the product,
the greater the tax incidence on
uestion 16
t yet
Swered
ked out of
Select one:
a. producers..
b. the tax payer.
C. consumers.
O d. both consumers and producers equally.
page
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Transcribed Image Text:ECON1000 - Principles of Economics 1 | S1 21/22 Time left 0:13:59 A tax is imposed on producers of a good. For a given supply curve, the more price elastic the demand for the product, the greater the tax incidence on uestion 16 t yet Swered ked out of Select one: a. producers.. b. the tax payer. C. consumers. O d. both consumers and producers equally. page Next page
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Elasticity measures the responsiveness of change in quantity due to change in price.

When tax is imposed on sellers, price increases and how much it increases, depends on relative elasticities of demand and supply.

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