If your goal is to minimize the deadweight loss from a tax, would you tax goods for

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If your goal is to minimize the deadweight loss from a tax, would you tax goods for which demand is elastic or goods for which demand is inelastic, everything else being equal? Explain using a diagram.

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3E Economics

ISBN: 9781292411019

3rd Global Edition

Authors: Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson , John List

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