A Production Quota Program

question 28

Multiple Choice

A production quota program:

• A) places limitations on the quantity that individual consumers can purchase.
• B) is a way to raise prices without causing the overproduction that occurs under a price support program.
• C) is like a subsidy in that it reduces the price that buyers pay for a good.
• D) places minimums on the quantity that individual firms must produce.

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