Related to the Economics in Practice on page 281: The foreign visitors to the temples of Laos are typically much richer than the local Laotians. This tends to make the foreign visitors ________ buyers when it comes to ticket prices to enter the temples.

A. perfectly elastic
B. less elastic
C. perfectly inelastic
D. more elastic


Answer: B

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