A New Law Applied to a Competitive Market That Requires

question 66

Multiple Choice

A new law applied to a competitive market that requires laid off workers be paid a large severance payment will

• A) not generate a deadweight loss.
• B) increase total welfare.
• C) increase consumer surplus in the market.
• D) decrease consumer surplus in the market.

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