An excise tax levied on a product will impose a smaller relative burden on consumers (and a larger relative burden on sellers) when:

a. the supply of the product is relatively inelastic.
b. the supply of the product is relatively elastic.
c. the demand for the product is relatively elastic.
d. either a or c is true.


d

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Socialists saw state socialism as:

A. the final stage of socialism. B. a state following pure socialism. C. a transition stage to pure socialism. D. a preliminary state leading to capitalism.

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