In 1970s the federal government imposed price controls on natural gas. Which of the following statements is true?
A) These price controls caused a chronic excess supply of natural gas.
B) Consumers gained from the price controls, because consumer surplus was larger than it would have been under free market equilibrium.
C) Producers gained from the price controls because producer surplus was larger than it would have been under free market equilibrium.
D) This episode of price controls was unusual, because it resulted in no deadweight loss to society.
B
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Which one of the following is an example of discretionary fiscal policy used to correct a recessionary gap?
A) a tax decrease passed into law by Congress B) an increase in the money supply by the Federal Reserve C) a decrease in government expenditures approved by Congress D) an agreement among major banks to raise interest rates
One key assumption lying behind the policy irrelevance proposition is that
A) wages are "sticky" downward. B) prices are "sticky" upward. C) the rational expectations hypothesis is correct. D) markets are not purely competitive.