Multiple Choice
The deadweight loss from a tax of $5 per unit will be smallest in a market with
A) inelastic supply and elastic demand.
B) inelastic supply and inelastic demand.
C) elastic supply and elastic demand.
D) elastic supply and inelastic demand.
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