How is tax incidence important in tax policy in developing countries?

What will be an ideal response?

Incidence is the extent to which the burden of a tax is born by the activity taxed. To the extent that substitution is possible, an activity will be abandoned when taxed, and revenue will not be collected. The answer should provide examples of this.

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a. Resource heterogeneity b. Resource immobility c. Barriers to entry d. Both a and b

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