If the Government Imposes a Binding Price Floor on Sugar

question 13

Multiple Choice

If the government imposes a binding price floor on sugar, it may also have to

• A) establish programs to expand supply in the private sector.
• B) establish programs to reduce demand in the private sector.
• C) produce some sugar itself.
• D) purchase the surplus sugar.

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