The Social Interest Theory of Regulation Suggests That the Political

question 497

Multiple Choice

The social interest theory of regulation suggests that the political process and regulations will ________ and the capture theory of regulation suggests that the political process and regulations will ________.

• A) seek to minimize deadweight loss; serve the interests of the producers
• B) try to maximize the producers' economic profits; seek to minimize deadweight loss
• C) be unaffected by deadweight loss; increase the firms economic profits
• D) ignore producers' interests and concentrate on consumers' interests; seek to minimize firms' economic profits

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