A Government Will Create a Surplus in a Market When

question 246

Multiple Choice

A government will create a surplus in a market when it

• A) sets a price ceiling above the equilibrium price.
• B) sets a price floor above the equilibrium price.
• C) sets a price floor below the equilibrium price.
• D) sets a price ceiling below the equilibrium price.

Understand the concept of Pareto optimality in the context of public goods and marginal rates of substitution.

Apply economic theory to calculate socially efficient levels of production taking into account external costs.

Differentiate between private and public goods and their implications for utility in economic models.

Analyze the impact of single-peaked preferences on collective decision-making and public goods provision.

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