A study by Price Fishback and Shawn Kantor of the University of Arizona shows that after the passage of workers' compensation laws, wages received by workers in the coal and lumber industries fell

Source: Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor, "Did Workers Pay for the Passage of Workers' Compensation Laws?" Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 100, No. 3, August 1995

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If demand for good is very inelastic and supply for the good is very elastic a sales tax imposed on sellers will cause the price received by sellers

A) would not change very much. B) would rise by more than the amount of the tax. C) would fall by an amount of the tax. D) would fall by more than the amount of the tax.

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All shredded wheat producers have decided to add a new ingredient to shredded wheat, the "crunch enhancer." Crunch enhancer keeps cereals crisper longer in milk and, as a result, consumers decide they like shredded wheat more than before

What happens to the supply and demand curves for shredded wheat now that is costs more to produce and consumers like it better? A) The supply and demand curves both shift rightward. B) The supply curve shifts rightward and the demand curve doesn't shift. C) The supply curve shifts leftward and the demand curve shifts rightward. D) The supply curve shifts leftward and the demand curve doesn't shift.

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