-The Demand for Apple Pies Is Perfectly Elastic

question 81

Multiple Choice

-The demand for apple pies is perfectly elastic. If the government taxes pies at $1 a pie, then

• A) the seller and the buyer split the tax but the seller pays more.
• B) the seller and the buyer split the tax evenly.
• C) the seller pays the entire tax.
• D) the buyer pays the entire tax.
• E) who pays the tax depends on whether the government imposes the tax on pie buyers or on pie sellers.

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