What Are the Major Problems That Will Tend to Arise

question 214

Multiple Choice

What are the major problems that will tend to arise if there are legal limits on the movement of prices?

• A)favoritism and corruption of officials and market participants 
• B)unenforceability of laws and higher costs of transactions 
• C)increasing restrictions to enforce the laws 
• D)misallocation of resources as prices no longer correspond to costs 
• E)All of the above are correct.

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Definitions:

MC

Marginal Cost, the increase in total cost that arises from producing one additional unit of a product or service.

Natural Monopoly

A type of monopoly that arises due to high fixed or start-up costs associated with a business which makes it impractical for more than one firm to produce the same product or service efficiently.

Fixed Costs

Costs that do not vary with the level of production or business activity, such as rent, salaries, and insurance, remaining constant regardless of output.

Competitors

Competitors are businesses or individuals that vie for the same customers or market share in the same industry.