Total surplus in a market will increase when the government
a. imposes a binding price floor or a binding price ceiling on that market.
b. imposes a tax on that market.
c. Both a and b are correct.
d. Neither a nor b is correct.
d
You might also like to view...
Big Waves is a large water park. Suppose the individual demand for entrance into Big Waves is Qd = 50 - (2 × P) and each consumer has the same demand. Big Waves has a constant marginal cost of $5 per consumer. If Big Waves practices two-part pricing and charges the profit-maximizing membership fee and entrance fee, what is the profit per consumer?
A) $50 B) $500 C) $200 D) $400
If the demand for hand-sewn leather shoes increases, it is highly likely the demand for:
A. leather will decrease. B. skilled sewers will increase. C. needle and thread will decrease. D. all shoe-types will also increase.
Which of the following is an example of a normative economic statement?
a. The inflation rate in the United States decreased 4 percent because the price of energy fell. b. The economy grew at an annual rate of 5 percent during the first quarter of this year. c. If two automobile companies merge, the price of automobiles will rise. d. An increase in international trade benefits some workers but hurts others. e. The minimum wage should be increased so that low-income workers can afford to keep up with the cost of living.
The pattern of the 1930s through the middle-1990s was
A. surpluses interspersed with a few years of deficits. B. deficits each and every year. C. deficits interspersed with a few years of surplus. D. surpluses each and every year.