In perfectly competitive markets with identical firms, the burden of a tax is shared by consumers and producers in the short run so long as market demand is not perfectly elastic.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
Rationale: The short run market supply curve is upward sloping but not perfectly inelastic -- which means consumer price rises and producer price falls under a tax.
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