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

Maximum and minimum prices — practice question

(a)[8]

Using a diagram, explain the effects on consumers and producers of the introduction of a minimum price in the market for a product.

(b)[12]

Discuss whether a business’s decisions are more likely to be affected by its knowledge of the price elasticity of demand for its product or by its knowledge of the price elasticity of supply for its product.

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