When Policy Makers Are Deciding Where to Place the Statutory

question 85

Multiple Choice

When policy makers are deciding where to place the statutory incidence of a tax,it is helpful to remember that:

• A) it will have no effect on the economic incidence of the tax.
• B) the economic incidence will fall to the more-elastic party.
• C) it will largely determine the economic incidence of the tax.
• D) it will have a large impact on efficiency of the tax.

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