Chapter 6 Part III -- Effects of Price Controls on Revenue and Deadweight Loss

by Elson Blunt on Jun 27, 2014

We use a supply and demand diagram to show that a binding price floor increases price and decreases quantity while having an ambiguous effect on revenue. A binding price ceiling decreases both price and quantity and decreases revenue as well. Both create deadweight loss, a decrease in efficiency.

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