Suppose That a Tax Is Placed on Textbooks

question 156

Multiple Choice

Suppose that a tax is placed on textbooks. If the buyers end up bearing most of the tax burden, this indicates that the

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

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Definitions:

Adjustment Heuristic

A rule of thumb where an initial estimate is adjusted based on additional information or analysis.

Cognitive Bias

A systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment, where inferences about other people and situations may be drawn in an illogical fashion.

Availability Heuristic

A decision-making heuristic in which our estimates of frequency or probability of events are based on how easy it is to find examples.

Framing Effect

The influence of wording, or the context in which information is presented, on decision making.