A. a shortage or a surplus depending on whether the price ceiling is set above or below the equilibrium price
B. a surplus
C. a shortage
D. an equilibrium
Related Mcqs:
- For a price ceiling to be binding constraint on the market the government must set it ?
A. above the equilibrium price
B. below the equilibrium price
C. precisely at the equilibrium price
D. at any price because all price ceilings are binding constraints - Which of the following statements about a binding price ceiling is true ?
A. The shortage created by the price ceiling is greater in the short ran than in the long run.
B. The surplus created by the price ceiling is greater in the short run than in the long run
C. The surplus created by the price ceiling is greater in the long run than in the short run
D. The shortage created by the price ceiling is greater in the long run than in the short run - Suppose that the world price of tin is above the target (ceiling) price that is defined by an international commodity agreement. To move the world price toward the target price, a buffer stock agreement would require its buffer stock manager to ____ tin and an export quota agreement would require that member countries _________ their export of tin?
A. purchase; decrease
B. purchase; increase
C. sell; increase
D. sell; decrease - Taxes creates a wedge between the sales price and purchase price that prevents the price system equating ____ and ______?
A. marginal costs, marginal benefits
B. demand, supply
C. marginal cost, marginal revenue
D. marginal cost, average cost - Which of the following statements is true if the government places a price ceiling on petrol at Rs150 per litre and the equilibrium price is Rs100 per litre ?
A. A significant increase in the demand for petrol could cause the price ceiling to become a binding constraint.
B. A significant increase in the supply for petrol could cause the price ceiling to become a binding constraint.
C. There will be a shortage of petrol
D. There will be surplus of petrol - A price ceiling is ?
A. a maximum price usually set by government that sellers may charge for a good
B. the different between the initial equilibrium price and the equilibrium price after a decrease in supply
C. a minimum price usually set by government that sellers must charge for a good
D. a minimum price that consumers are willing to pay for a good. - The surplus caused by a binding price floor will be greatest if ?
A. demand is inelastic and supply in elastic
B. supply is inelastic, and demand is elastic
C. both supply and demand are elastic
D. both supply and demand are inelastic - Assume that global recession causes the quantity of tin demanded to decrease by 4 million pounds at each price To maintain the price of tin at the target price you would ?
A. sell 4 million pounds of tin
B. sell 8 million pounds of tin
C. buy 4 million pounds of tin
D. buy 8 million pounds of tin - Instead, assume that global economic expansion causes the quantity of tin demanded to increase by 4 million pounds at each price To maintain price of tin at the target price you would ?
A. sell 4 million pounds of tin
B. sell 8 million pounds of tin
C. buy 4 million pounds of tin
D. buy 8 million pounds of tin - Suppose that at a price of Rs 30 per month there are 30000 subscribers to cable television in small Town. If small Town Cablevision raises its price Rs40 per month the number of subscribers will fall to 20000 Using the midpoint method for calculating the elasticity what is the price elasticity of demand for cable TV in Small Town ?
A. 1.4
B. 0.66
C. 0.75
D. 2.0
