If the government sets the price below the equilibrium price there will be:

a. a shortage
b. a surplus
c. people who buy and are therefore worse off than if they bought at the equilibrium price
d. producers who sell and are therefore better off than if they sold at the equilibrium price
e. none of the above

Ans: a. a shortage

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