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The more inelastic demand caused equilibrium quantity to fall by less due to the tax. For this reason, deadweight loss or excess burden due to the tax are also less in this market.
The deadweight loss in the market depicted to the right is only $20, while in the market with more elastic demand the deadweight loss was $40, or twice as much.
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