Which of the following happens when the demand curve is perfectly inelastic and the government imposes a tax?
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UoH 2020 Question 96: Taxation: incidence and efficiency
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This question is on Tax incidence, part of Taxation: incidence and efficiency in Public Economics.
Who actually bears a tax, whoever the law makes pay.
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