As the tax wedge associated with a given economic activity gets smaller, we would expect

A) more of that economic activity to occur.
B) people to engage in less of that particular activity.
C) the distortions caused by taxes on that activity to be greater.
D) no change in the practice of that activity until the tax wedge ultimately disappears.


A

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