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Price controls

Price controls

by Alicia Oosthuizen - Number of replies: 0

Hello everyone. Can you help me answer these questions to my assignment. I want to see if I am answering them correct:


  1. What is the size of consumer surplus when there is no government price control?
  2. What is the size of producer surplus when there is no government price control?
  3. What is the size of social surplus when there is no government price control? What is the size of deadweight loss when there is no government price control?
  4. What is the size of consumer surplus when Price Floor of $9 is imposed?
  5. What is the size of producer surplus when Price Floor of $9 is imposed?
  6. What is the size of deadweight loss from Price Floor of $9?
  7. What is the size of social surplus when Price Floor of $9 is imposed?
  8. What is the difference between total surplus before and after price control is imposed?
  9. How does this number compare to the DWL?