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

Maximum and minimum prices — practice question

The diagram illustrates the market for electricity in a country with a fixed supply of electricity and the introduction of a maximum price so that poorer households can afford it. What effect will this have?

  • AIt will encourage producers to build more power stations in the future.
  • BIt will encourage the development of renewable sources of electricity.
  • CIt will increase producer surplus.
  • DIt will increase the probability of power cuts.

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