Evaluate the truthfulness of each of the following statements: a. If the demand for margarine is perfectly

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Evaluate the truthfulness of each of the following statements: 

a.   “If the demand for margarine is perfectly elastic, then a price ceiling in the market for margarine will definitely cause consumer surplus to increase.”

b.   “The impact of a price ceiling on consumers’ well-being depends only on the shape of the demand curve.”

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Microeconomics

ISBN: 9781319105563

3rd Edition

Authors: Austan Goolsbee, Steven Levitt, Chad Syverson

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