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When a market is in equilibrium and there is no outside intervention to change the
equilibrium price:
total surplus is minimized.
inefficiency is maximized.
no mutually beneficial trades are missed.
some mutually beneficial trades may be missed.
If the market for grapefruit is in equilibrium without any outside intervention to change
the equilibrium price:
total surplus is minimized.
there is some deadweight loss.
a few mutually beneficial trades are missed.
consumer and producer surplus are maximized.
A competitive market for cell phone chargers is in equilibrium. If the price temporarily
falls below the equilibrium price:
producer surplus will rise.
producer surplus will fall.
the change in producer surplus is indeterminate.
there will be no change in producer surplus.
When a market is efficient:
there is no way to make some people better off without making other people worse
off.
consumers who value buying a good the least are the ones who can purchase the
good.
producers whose willingness to accept a price above the market price can sell their
good.
there are ways to make everyone better off.
If the government intervened in the market by lowering the price of a good below the
equilibrium price, which scenario would NOT occur?
Some consumers would receive an increase in consumer surplus.
Producers would likely lose some producer surplus.
The outcome would be efficient.
Total surplus would be lower.