Glossary · Micro · Market analysis and welfare
Tax incidence
Who really bears a tax, as opposed to who hands the money to the government. The side of the market that is less able to walk away, the less elastic side, ends up paying more of it, no matter which side the law names.
Also called: burden of a tax
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