If the government does not know the efficient level of a Pigouvian tax to correct for a negative production externality, efficiency will still be enhanced so long as the government imposes a per-unit tax.

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


False

Rationale: This is not true if the government imposes too high a per-unit tax relative to the efficient Pigouvian tax.

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