Economic Efficiency Is Achieved When There Is a Market Outcome

question 56

Multiple Choice

Economic efficiency is achieved when there is a market outcome in which the marginal benefit to consumers of the last unit produced is equal to its marginal cost of production and

• A)economic surplus plus consumer surplus equals producer surplus.
• B)consumer surplus plus producer surplus is maximized.
• C)economic surplus is minimized.
• D)the difference between consumer surplus and producer surplus is maximized.

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