Microeconomics: Principles, Applications, and Tools (8th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0-13294-886-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-13294-886-9

Chapter 6 - Market Efficiency and Government Intervention - Exercises - 6.5 Who Really Pays Taxes? - Page 150: 5.2

Answer

-2.8

Work Step by Step

$E_d=\frac{\Delta qty}{\Delta price}=\frac{-14}{5}=-2.8$
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