Consider a perfectly competitive market with a price ceiling imposed by the government. If the deadweight loss is positive and the government decides to increase the price ceiling, then the deadweight loss will A) increase. B) decrease. C) stay the same. D) disappear.
Consider a perfectly competitive market with a price ceiling imposed by the government. If the deadweight loss is positive and the government decides to increase the price ceiling, then the deadweight loss will A) increase. B) decrease. C) stay the same. D) disappear.
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B) decrease.
C) stay the same.
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider a perfectly competitive market with a price ceiling imposed by the
government. If the deadweight loss is positive and the government decides to
increase the price ceiling, then the deadweight loss will
A) increase.
B) decrease.
C) stay the same.
D) disappear.
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