Gadgets are produced and sold in a competitive market. When there is no tax, the equilibrium price

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Gadgets are produced and sold in a competitive market. When there is no tax, the equilibrium price is $20 per gadget. The own-price elasticity of demand for gadgets is −0.5. If an excise tax of $4 leads to an increase in the price of gadgets to $24, what must be true about the own-price elasticity of supply for gadgets?
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Microeconomics

ISBN: 978-0073375854

2nd edition

Authors: Douglas Bernheim, Michael Whinston

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