If the government were to apply a specific tax to each of these​ commodities, what incidence would fall on​ consumers?   The incidence of a specific almond tax that would fall on consumers is   nothing___percent. ​(Enter numeric responses using real numbers rounded to one decimal​ place.

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Green et al.​ (2005) estimate that the demand elasticity is minus−0.47 and the​ long-run supply elasticity is 12.0 for almonds. The corresponding elasticities are minus−0.68 and 0.73 for cotton and minus−0.26 and 0.64 for processing tomatoes.  

 

If the government were to apply a specific tax to each of these​ commodities, what incidence would fall on​ consumers?

 

The incidence of a specific almond tax that would fall on consumers is

 

nothing___percent. ​(Enter numeric responses using real numbers rounded to one decimal​ place.)

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