Adding up all of the consumer and producer surpluses determines ______.

a. minimum alternative tax
b. total welfare gains
c. maximum deadweight loss
d. optimal subsidy levels


b. total welfare gains

Economics

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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a. end up earning a normal rate of return in the long run b. end up earning a zero rate of return in the long run c. end up earning a negative rate of return in the long run d. benefit from the increased cost of specialized resources used in dairy farming e. suffer if they own specialized resources at the time the legislation is passed

Economics

In the Keynesian cross diagram, the 45-degree line represents the short-run equilibrium condition that:

A. I ? I p. B. Y = PAE. C. Y* = Y. D. PAE = C + I p + G + NX.

Economics