The Elasticity of Demand for Chocolate Chip Cookies Is 0

question 58

Multiple Choice

The elasticity of demand for chocolate chip cookies is 0.6 and the elasticity of supply for these cookies is 1.9. If a tax is imposed on purchases of chocolate chip cookies, then the

• A) consumers would pay more of the tax.
• B) tax would be equally shared by the consumers and the producers.
• C) producers would pay more of the tax.
• D) consumers would pay the entire tax because their demand is less elastic than the producers' supply.

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