Government subsidies to California cotton farmers:
A) create deadweight losses because the billions of dollars of resources used to grow cotton in deserts could be put to higher-valued uses.
B) correct a market failure because cotton prices are too low to support cotton farmers.
C) raise prices to consumers and lower prices received by cotton farmers.
D) benefit California cotton buyers because they pay only a small fraction of the world price.
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Q165: With a subsidy to producers, supply:
A) increases.
B)
Q166: A wage subsidy will:
A) reduce the wages
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Figure: Wage
Q168: Use the following to answer questions:
Figure: Wage
Q170: A wage subsidy would:
A) decrease the demand
Q171: In Free Market Environmentalism, economists Terry Anderson
Q172: In a market with a downward-sloping demand
Q173: With a subsidy to consumers, supply:
A) increases.
B)
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