Deadweight Loss and Market Failure Are Created When a Market

question 90

Multiple Choice

Deadweight loss and market failure are created when a market produces

• A) either more or less than the efficient quantity.
• B) more than the efficient quantity but not when less than the efficient quantity is produced.
• C) less than the efficient quantity but not when more than the efficient quantity is produced.
• D) the efficient quantity.
• E) None of the above answers is correct because deadweight loss has nothing to do with the efficient quantity.

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