If the government imposes a $1-per-gram tax on cannabis, will the price consumers pay rise more if the demand curve is D1 or if the demand curve is D2?
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The demand curve D1 is typically steeper than D2, indicating that consumers are less sensitive to price changes (inelastic demand) for D1, while D2 is flatter, indicating that consumers are more sensitive to price changes (elastic demand). Show more…
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Use the graph below to answer the next four questions. A tax on buyers has shifted the demand from D1 to D2. How much is the tax? $2 per unit $6 per unit $3 per unit $1 per unit Before the tax, the "price on the price tag" was $6. After the tax, the price on the price tag is _____. (As we did in class, assume the price on the price tag does not include tax. This is similar to how prices shown at Target are pre-tax prices.) $8 $9 $4 $6 On a per-unit basis, how is the economic burden shared between the buyer and the seller? Buyer pays $0, seller pays $3 Buyer pays $3, seller pays $0 Buyer pays $2, seller pays $1 Buyer pays $1, seller pays $2 How much revenue is raised by the tax? $16 $36 $12 $8
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