Suppose That a Tax Is Placed on a Particular Good

question 34

Multiple Choice

Suppose that a tax is placed on a particular good. If the sellers end up bearing most of the tax burden, this indicates that the

• A) demand is more inelastic than supply.
• B) supply is more inelastic than demand.
• C) government has required that buyers remit the tax payments.
• D) government has required that sellers remit the tax payments.

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Definitions:

Disposable Income

Disposable income for households to spend or save after accounting for income taxes.

Autonomous Consumption

The level of consumption spending that occurs when income is zero, representing the expenditures necessary for basic needs.

APC

Absolute Plate Count, a method used in microbiology to estimate the total number of viable bacteria in a sample. If this is not the intended context, then NO.

Induced Consumption

The portion of spending by households that increases with their income, demonstrating how consumer spending is influenced by changes in income.