Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Production possibility curves

Production possibility curves — practice question

The diagram illustrates the production possibility curve for a successful transition economy as it shifts from point X to point Y over time. While the country is going through the transition, the population showed a clear preference for greater privatisation. What happens to economic efficiency as a consequence of the move from point X to point Y?

  • Aproductive efficiency increases; allocative efficiency decreases
  • Bproductive efficiency increases; allocative efficiency increases
  • Cproductive efficiency unchanged; allocative efficiency decreases
  • Dproductive efficiency unchanged; allocative efficiency unchanged

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