Which of the following statements about the relationship between elasticity and tax incidence are true ?   Choose one or more:   A.The incidence of a tax depends on who the tax is placed on.   B.When demand is more inelastic than supply, consumers bear more of the incidence of a tax.   C.A tax on a good for which both demand and supply are relatively inelastic will cause a relatively large transfer of welfare from consumers and producers to the government.   D.When demand is more inelastic than supply, producers bear more of the incidence of a tax.   E.If a tax is imposed on a good with a perfectly inelastic demand, then consumers bear the full incidence of the tax.

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Which of the following statements about the relationship between elasticity and tax incidence are true ?

 

Choose one or more:

 

A.The incidence of a tax depends on who the tax is placed on.

 

B.When demand is more inelastic than supply, consumers bear more of the incidence of a tax.

 

C.A tax on a good for which both demand and supply are relatively inelastic will cause a relatively large transfer of welfare from consumers and producers to the government.

 

D.When demand is more inelastic than supply, producers bear more of the incidence of a tax.

 

E.If a tax is imposed on a good with a perfectly inelastic demand, then consumers bear the full incidence of the tax.

 

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