Explain how the burden of a payroll tax changes if labor supply is relatively inelastic? Explain how your answer would change if labor supply is relatively elastic?

What will be an ideal response?

Workers bear the bulk of the burden of a payroll tax if labor supply is relatively inelastic. However, firms bear the bulk of the burden of payroll tax if labor supply is relative elastic.

Economics

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In long-run equilibrium, the typical perfectly competitive firm will:

a. earn zero economic profit. b. change plant size in the long run. c. change output in the short run. d. do any of these.

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