When an Effective Price Ceiling Is in Place

question 55

Multiple Choice

When an effective price ceiling is in place:

• A) every consumer is better off.
• B) every consumer is worse off.
• C) some consumers are better off and others are worse off.
• D) on average the net change in consumer surplus is zero.

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