If buyers pay more of a tax than do the sellers,
A) demand is more elastic than supply.
B) the amount of tax revenue collected by the government is almost zero.
C) supply is more elastic than demand.
D) the equilibrium price paid by buyers rises by less than half the amount of the tax.
E) None of the above answers is correct.
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