4 Peanut butter has an upward-sloping supply curve and a downward-sloping demand curve. If a 10 cent

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4 Peanut butter has an upward-sloping supply curve and a downward-sloping demand curve.

If a 10 cent per kilo tax is increased to 15 cents, the government's tax revenue a increases by less than 50 per cent and may even decline.

b increases by exactly 50 per cent.

c increases by more than 50 per cent.

d depends on whether supply or demand is more elastic.

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Principles Of Microeconomics

ISBN: 125206

8th Edition

Authors: Joshua Gans, Stephen King, Martin Byford, N Gregory Mankiw

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