If You Want to Maximize Tax Revenue, You Should Advocate

question 12

Multiple Choice

If you want to maximize tax revenue, you should advocate taxing inputs used in the production of goods:

• A)with many substitutes.
• B)that are elastically demanded.
• C)that are inelastically demanded.
• D)that have price elasticities of demand equal to approximately 1 so that total sales are unaffected.
• E)with many complements.

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