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Tax Incidence and Consumer Burden with Inelastic Demand
When a tax is levied on a good with a low elasticity of demand, a larger share of the tax burden falls on the consumers. This is because consumers are less responsive to price changes and will continue to purchase the good even at a higher price, allowing producers to pass on most of the tax.
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Ch.8 Supply and demand: Markets with many buyers and sellers - The Economy 2.0 Microeconomics @ CORE Econ
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