If the supply curve is more price elastic than the demand curve in a particular market, will the buyers or the sellers bear a larger burden of a per-unit tax imposed on the market?
The buyers will bear the larger burden of the tax.
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Everyone in the neighborhood has been complaining about the deteriorating condition of the park, but nobody has cleaned it up. Why not?
A. No single person's benefit from cleaning the park exceeds that person's cost of cleaning it. B. There is an excess demand for parks in the neighborhood. C. There is an excess supply of parks in the neighborhood. D. The social benefit of cleaning the park exceeds the social cost of cleaning it.
Which of the following will cause a direct increase in consumption spending?
A) a decrease in net export spending B) an increase in planned investment C) an increase in disposable income D) an increase in government spending
In a two product two country world, international trade can lead to increases in
A) consumer welfare only if output of both products is increased. B) output of both products and consumer welfare in both countries. C) total production of both products but not consumer welfare in both countries. D) consumer welfare in both countries but not total production of both products. E) prices of both goods in both countries.
Gasoline and bicycles are substitutes in consumption. Suppose we increase the federal gasoline tax to $1 per gallon
Initially, the gasoline price rises due to the tax, and the demand curve for bicycles shifts rightward because these goods are substitutes. Then, the bicycle price rises, and the demand curve for gasoline shifts rightward. Assuming the general equilibrium is achieved in both markets after these two steps, which of the following statements is NOT true? A) Partial equilibrium analysis only focuses in the first-round changes in the gasoline market (ignoring the secondary effects that arise from changes in the bicycle market). B) Partial equilibrium analysis would predict a larger shift in the price and quantity demanded for gasoline than a general equilibrium analysis. C) The price increase in gasoline is larger under the general equilibrium approach, but the change in the quantity of gasoline demanded is smaller than under partial equilibrium analysis. D) All of these statements are true.