The More Elastic Are Supply and Demand in a Market

question 167

True/False

The more elastic are supply and demand in a market, the greater are the distortions caused by a tax on that market, and the more likely it is that a tax cut in that market will raise tax revenue.

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test used to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Experimental Statistic

A statistical measure derived from experimental data used to analyze and interpret the results of a study.

Critical Statistic

A specific value computed from sample data used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be assigned to a statistical distribution or a parameter estimation, subtracting the number of parameters estimated.