Consider a monopolist with constant marginal costs, m,
that faces a market demand curve with a constant own-price
elastiticity
ε.
If the government applies a specific tax, t, to
the monopolist, then the change in the price charged
to consumers, in terms of
ε
is:
ΔP=t1+1ε
Suppose the constant own-price elasticity of market demand
is
−3.45.
Then a
$2.00
specific tax will impose a tax incidence on consumers that is
equal to:
A.
61.36%
B.
168.98%
C.
140.82%
D.
35.89%
Consider a monopolist with constant marginal costs, m, that faces a market demand curve with a constant own-price elas
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