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

Maximum and minimum prices — practice question

A government wants to increase the consumption of a merit good and cut the consumption of a demerit good. What policy ought it to use for each good?

  • Amerit good: impose a minimum price; demerit good: produce only in the public sector
  • Bmerit good: increase advertising on the benefits of the good; demerit good: put legal controls on output
  • Cmerit good: confine access to certain age groups; demerit good: tax output
  • Dmerit good: subsidise the good; demerit good: set a minimum level of output

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