Economics for Today 9th Edition by Irvin Tucker

تمرين 18

As shown in Exhibit 11, assume the government places a $1 per pack sales tax on cigarettes. The percentage of the burden of taxation paid by consumers of a pack of cigarettes is
A) zero.
B) 25 percent.
C) 50 percent.
D) 100 percent.
EXHIBIT 11 Supply and Demand Curves for Cigarettes