To help pay for the cost of sport related injuries, the government imposes a tax on sellers of all sports equipment. The deadweight loss created by this tax would be greater than shown in the figure above if

A) the demand were more elastic.
B) the supply were more elastic.
C) neither of the above.
D) both A and B above.

D

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Refer to Figure 24-1. Ceteris paribus, an increase in interest rates would be represented by a movement from

A) AD1 to AD2. B) AD2 to AD1. C) point A to point B. D) point B to point A.

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