If Activists Successfully Lobbied Government to Force Firms to Produce

question 26

Multiple Choice

If activists successfully lobbied government to force firms to produce more output than they normally would in a perfectly competitive market,

• A) consumer surplus would decline.
• B) producer surplus would increase.
• C) taxation would solve the problem.
• D) total surplus in the market would decline.

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