If the elasticity of supply for a good is greater than the government expected:
a. Consumers will bear more of the burden of the tax than the government expected.
b. Producers will bear more of the burden of the tax than the government expected.
c. The tax will raise less revenue than the government expected

d. Both a. and c. are true.

d

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The Federal Reserve econometric model estimates that a 1 percent increase in government spending, with the money supply increased to hold the interest rate constant, will

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