in order to increase revenue, government should tax commodities for which demand is?

ECONOMICS
WAEC 2018

in order to increase revenue, government should tax commodities for which demand is?

  • A. perfectly price inelastic
  • B. price inelastic
  • C. price elastic
  • D. unitary elastic

Correct Answer: A. perfectly price inelastic

Explanation

An economic situation in which the price of a product will have no effect on the supply. In a perfectly inelastic situation regardless of the amount of a product on the market, the price of the product remains the same.



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