Is a tax on margarine efficient in the economic sense

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Question: Is a tax on margarine efficient in the economic sense of the term? Why would margarine producers prefer to have an excise tax impose on both butter and margarine? Would such a tax be more or less efficient than a tax on margarine alone? The response must be typed, single spaced, must be in times new roman font (size 12) and must follow the APA format.

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