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Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
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Chapter 8, Problem 4CQQ
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The impact of increased tax on peanut butter.
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The Ramesy rule suggest that society should
a. All of these answers are correct
b. tax a few goods with elastic demand at high rates.
c. tax goods with relatively inelastic demand at lower rates than goods with relatively elastic demand.
d. tax lots of goods at low tax rates.
A sales tax will be divided so that buyers pay the full amount if
Select one:
a. supply is perfectly inelastic.
b. supply has unitary elasticity.
c. demand is perfectly inelastic.
d. demand has unitary elasticity.
When demand is less elastic than supply, demanders pay a larger share of the tax and sellers pay a larger share of the tax.
Select one:
a.False
b.True
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Principles of Economics (MindTap Course List)
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