If tastes are homothetic in leisure and consumption, labor supply curves slope up.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

Rationale:

It depends on the size of the substitution and wealth effects -- which point in opposite direction on the leisure axis when tastes are homothetic.

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