A Specific Tax Will Be Imposed on a Good

question 29

Multiple Choice

A specific tax will be imposed on a good. The supply and demand curves for the good are shown in the diagram below. Given this information, the burden of the tax:

• A) is shared about evenly between consumers and producers.
• B) falls mostly on consumers.
• C) falls mostly on producers.
• D) cannot be determined without more information on the price elasticities of supply and demand.

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