Question 4: A government is planning to set a Price ceiling (Maximum price a producer can set). a) What is the consumer surplus and producer surplus at Equilibrium price? The government set a Price ceiling at $30 (in the diagram below). b) $90 Price i) ii) iii) $70 $50 $30 $10 10 20 30 Supply Price ceiling Demand Quantity What is the change in consumer surplus because of the price ceiling? What is the change in producer surplus because of the price ceiling? Who, the producer or the consumer, is benefitted from this government regulation?

Question 4: A government is planning to set a Price ceiling (Maximum price a producer can set). a) What is the consumer surplus and producer surplus at Equilibrium price? The government set a Price ceiling at $30 (in the diagram below). b) $90 Price i) ii) iii) $70 $50 $30 $10 10 20 30 Supply Price ceiling Demand Quantity What is the change in consumer surplus because of the price ceiling? What is the change in producer surplus because of the price ceiling? Who, the producer or the consumer, is benefitted from this government regulation?

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