The figure above shows the market for milk. If a drought lowers the productivity of dairy cows so that they give less milk, then the efficient quantity of milk ________ and the consumer surplus ________

A) increases; increases
B) increases; decreases
C) decreases; increases
D) decreases; decreases

D

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The social discount rate used in cost-benefit analysis is equal to a weighted average of the Treasury Bill rate and the long-term government borrowing rate

a. true b. false

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