If the purpose of a tax is to raise revenue, it would be best for government to place the tax on which of the following goods?

a. a non-essential good, such as holiday travel
b. a good whose demand curve is highly elastic
c. a good that has several close substitutes
d. a good whose demand curve is highly inelastic
e. a good whose demand curve is unit elastic


D

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