If Either Consumers or Producers Have Incomplete Information About the Safety

question 49

Multiple Choice

If either consumers or producers have incomplete information about the safety of a good, then:

• A) the market price would differ from the marginal social cost and marginal social benefit of the good.
• B) the quantity of the good demanded and supplied would be equal to zero.
• C) the quantity demanded of the good would exceed the quantity supplied.
• D) there would be a persistent surplus of the good on the market since producers will

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