A Government Wants to Place a Tax on a Good

Multiple Choice

A government wants to place a tax on a good, but it wants the burden of the tax to fall more heavily on the sellers of a good than on the buyers of a good. What should the government do to achieve this goal?

A) Tax only sellers.
B) Tax goods with price elasticities of supply that are smaller than elasticities of demand.
C) Tax goods with price elasticities of demand that are smaller than elasticities of supply.
D) Tax only buyers.