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For which product is the income elasticity most likely to be negative?
Group of answer choices
1. Bread
2. Rice
3. Used clothing
4. Cheerios cereal
A state government wants to increase the taxes on cigarettes to increase tax revenue. This tax would only be effective in raising new tax revenues (as well as causing the smallest impact in society's economic welfare) if the
Group of answer choices
1. Inelastic.
2. Perfectly elastic.
3. Elastic.
4. Unit elastic.
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