Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Maximum and minimum prices

Maximum and minimum prices — practice question

What does a failure of government microeconomic intervention mean?

  • AAn indirect tax equal to external costs is imposed on cigarettes and the demand falls.
  • BLimits are placed on a trade union’s restrictions that increase labour mobility.
  • CPrice controls on bread are removed which allow a free market to operate.
  • DTariffs are imposed on imported goods which cause the Gini coefficient to increase.

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