If Demand for a Product Is Perfectly Inelastic,an Output Tax

question 119

Multiple Choice

If demand for a product is perfectly inelastic,an output tax will be shifted

• A)Completely backward
• B)Completely forward
• C)Completely to the poor
• D)Completely to the rich
• E)Completely to the producer

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