When looking at this graph for the welfare effects of a price ceiling, area d represents ______.
a. the net welfare gain to society
b. the deadweight loss to society
c. the transfer of consumer surplus to producer surplus
d. the transfer of producer surplus to consumer surplus
d. the transfer of producer surplus to consumer surplus
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Suppose there are only two goods in the world, corn and shirts. If it is true that with its vast resources the United States could produce both more corn and more shirts than Mexico,
a. Mexico will never have a comparative advantage and, thus, can never gain from trading with the United States. b. trade between the United States and Mexico will make the United States better off but will leave Mexico worse off unless the wage of workers in Mexico rises to equal that of American workers. c. total production of corn and shirts cannot be increased through specialization and trade. d. both countries will be able to gain from specialization and trade as long as relative costs of producing the two goods are different in Mexico than in the United States.