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The government enacts a law to tax the production of an inelastic good like cigarettes who will pay the enacted tax?
Buyer |
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Buyer and Seller pay equal amounts |
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Seller |
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Generally the burden of a tax falls on both the consumers and the producers. The size of the burden that falls on the buyer and seller will be dependend on the relative price elasticity of demand and supply.
In this situation the cigarettes most likely to have an inelastic demand, so obvioulsy buyers bear most of the tax burden. If thr demand is more inelastic than the supply buyers bear most of the tax burden, like wise if the supply is more inelastic than the demand producers bear the burden.
Ans: Buyer.