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

Maximum and minimum prices — practice question

There are 10 000 tickets on sale for a sports final at a national stadium. The original market equilibrium price of each ticket is $20. The government chooses to set a binding minimum price for the tickets. Under which conditions will consumer surplus for the tickets fall by the greatest amount as a result of the minimum price?

  • Aminimum price $18, price elasticity of demand –0.5
  • Bminimum price $18, price elasticity of demand –1.5
  • Cminimum price $22, price elasticity of demand –0.5
  • Dminimum price $22, price elasticity of demand –1.5

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