When a per unit tax is placed on the sale of a product with a linear demand curve, the resulting price increaseunder monopoly willBe less than the tax in the long run and short runBe more than the tax in the long run and short runWill equal the tax increase in the long runO Will be less than the tax increase in the short run and equal to the tax increase in the long run

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Chapter25: Monopoly

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