Suppose That Government Imposes a Specific Excise Tax on Product

question 214

Multiple Choice

Suppose that government imposes a specific excise tax on product X of $2 per unit and that the price elasticity of supply of X is unitary (coefficient = 1) . If the incidence of the tax is such that the producers of X pay $1.9 of the tax and the consumers pay $0.1, we can conclude that the

• A)supply of X is inelastic.
• B)demand for X is unitary elastic.
• C)demand for X is inelastic.
• D)demand for X is elastic.

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