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

Maximum and minimum prices — practice question

(a)[8]

Using a supply and demand diagram, explain how the introduction of a subsidy for a good would change the surplus gained by the producers of that good.

(b)[12]

Discuss whether minimum price legislation or the introduction of an indirect tax is more effective in improving resource allocation when consumption of a good creates negative externalities.

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This 20-mark question has a full step-by-step worked solution and mark scheme. One marking point: Knowledge and understanding of what a subsidy is (definition and that it shifts supply to the right).

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