The Actual Burden of a Tax

question 29

Multiple Choice

The actual burden of a tax

• A) falls most heavily on the side of the market that is more elastic.
• B) falls most heavily on the side of the market that is more inelastic.
• C) falls most heavily on the side of the market that is closest to unitary elasticity.
• D) is distributed independently of relative elasticities of supply and demand.

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