A Change in Economic Output Is Potentially Efficient

question 43

Multiple Choice

A change in economic output is potentially efficient

• A) if the value of the resulting gains exceeds the value of the resulting losses.
• B) if the value of the resulting gains exactly equals the value of the resulting losses.
• C) only if no one is made worse off.
• D) if the value of the resulting gains is less than the value of the resulting losses.

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