In Evaluating the Degree of Economic Efficiency in a Market

question 88

Multiple Choice

In evaluating the degree of economic efficiency in a market, we can state that the size of the deadweight loss in a market will be smaller

• A)the greater the difference between marginal cost and price.
• B)the smaller the difference between marginal cost and average total cost.
• C)the smaller the difference between marginal cost and price.
• D)the greater the difference between marginal cost and average revenue.

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