Price Gouging Laws

question 158

Multiple Choice

Price gouging laws

• A) are necessary and proper to prevent predatory pricing on victims of disasters.
• B) keep distressed markets in equilibrium by maintaining "normal" prices.
• C) restrict entrepreneurial behavior and consumer choice.
• D) are enacted to encourage government-sponsored relief efforts.
• E) have little effect on distressed markets and thus are irrelevant.

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