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

Maximum and minimum prices — practice question

A government has been shielding its domestic car industry by using a quota on imported cars. It then abolishes the quota and substitutes it with a subsidy for domestic car producers. What effect will this have on the price of cars and the amount of consumer choice?

  • Aprice of cars: decrease; level of choice: decrease
  • Bprice of cars: decrease; level of choice: increase
  • Cprice of cars: increase; level of choice: decrease
  • Dprice of cars: increase; level of choice: increase

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