217 Chapter 6 Supply, Demand, and Government PoliciesMultiple Choice 1
Price controls are usually enacted a
as a means of raising revenue for public purposes
when policymakers believe that the market price of a good or service is unfair to buyers or sellers
when policymakers detect inefficiencies in a market
All of the above are correct
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 6-0 TOP: Price ceilings | Price floors MSC: Interpretive 2
The presence of price controls in a market usually is an indication that a
an insufficient quantity of a good or service was being produced in that market to meet the public’s need
the usual forces of supply and demand were not able to establish an equilibrium price in that market
policymakers believed that the price that prevailed in that market in