"For a Given Supply Curve, the Excess Burden of a Tax

question 172

Multiple Choice

"For a given supply curve, the excess burden of a tax will be greater when the demand for a product is less elastic than when the demand is more elastic." This statement is

• A)correct.
• B)incorrect because the incidence of the tax, not the burden of the tax, is affected by the elasticity of demand.
• C)incorrect. When demand is less elastic, the burden of the tax is smaller than when the demand is more elastic.
• D)incorrect. The statement confuses demand with quantity demanded.

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