If the quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied in a market, then the result is which of the following?
a. Deadweight loss b. Inefficiency
c. Underproduction d. Each of these are true.
QUESTION 2If the quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded in a market, then the result is which of the following?
a. Deadweight loss b. Inefficiency
c. Overproduction d. Each of these are true.
QUESTION 3At the equilibrium price, deadweight loss is:
a. minimized.
b. zero.
c. maximized.
d. equal to the equilibrium price multiplied by the quantity exchanged.
QUESTION 4Deadweight loss is not the result of:
a. an efficient market. b. an inefficient market.
c. zero consumer surplus. d. zero producer surplus.
QUESTION 5Deadweight loss is the net loss of:
a. consumer surplus. b. producer surplus.
c. disequilibrium surplus. d. both a and b.
QUESTION 6Deadweight loss is the result of:
a. disequilibrium. b. underproduction.
c. overproduction. d. all of these are correct.
QUESTION 7Which of the following statements is correct?
a. Total surplus is the sum of consumer and producer surplus.
b. Deadweight loss is the net loss of both consumer and producer surplus resulting from underproduction or overproduction of a product.
c. Deadweight loss is a measure of market inefficiency.
d. All of these.
QUESTION 8Total surplus equals:
a. consumer surplus + producer surplus deadweight loss.
b. consumer surplus producer surplus deadweight loss.
c. consumer surplus producer surplus + deadweight loss.
d. consumer surplus + producer surplus.