Imagine that the government wages a major war on illicit drugs. Assuming that both at the point of initial and new market equilibria demand for illicit drugs is INELASTIC, what should happen to the amount of money that the drug dealers are getting from selling the drugs if the government measures are successful and the supply of illicit drugs at the market drops? The amount of money received by the drug dealers goes up The amount of money received by the drug dealers goes down The amount of money received by the drug dealers does not change

Imagine that the government wages a major war on illicit drugs. Assuming that both at the point of initial and new market equilibria demand for illicit drugs is INELASTIC, what should happen to the amount of money that the drug dealers are getting from selling the drugs if the government measures are successful and the supply of illicit drugs at the market drops? The amount of money received by the drug dealers goes up The amount of money received by the drug dealers goes down The amount of money received by the drug dealers does not change

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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ISBN:9780190931919

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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