In Situations in Which Prices Cannot Be Used to Signal

question 335

Multiple Choice

In situations in which prices cannot be used to signal relative scarcities of goods, which of the following can serve as a rationing mechanism?

• A) queuing
• B) political power
• C) random assignment
• D) all of the above

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