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

Maximum and minimum prices — practice question

A government wants to improve economic efficiency in the country. It increases the income tax rate, causing high-earning skilled workers, whom the country needs, to emigrate. How would this result be described?

  • Agovernment failure: no; market failure: no; negative externality: yes
  • Bgovernment failure: no; market failure: yes; negative externality: no
  • Cgovernment failure: yes; market failure: yes; negative externality: no
  • Dgovernment failure: yes; market failure: no; negative externality: no

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