Regulation might NOT increase total surplus because
A) the costs of the regulation might outweigh the benefits.
B) it may not be possible to gather the information necessary to set prices correctly.
C) regulators might get captured by the industry.
D) All of the above.
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Q21: Laws that are used to prevent firms
Q22: Cartels persist despite laws against them because
A)international
Q23: In the U.S., charging monopoly-level prices
A)is evidence
Q24: In the U.S., the _ and the
Q25: Regulation
A)always increases consumer surplus.
B)passes the cost-benefit test.
C)solves
Q27: Rent seeking is
A)when consumers search for the
Q28: In the U.S., one example of a
Q30: Mergers harm society.
A)True. Firms merge to avoid
Q40: Mergers may result in
A) anticompetitive behavior.
B) more
Q128: When attempting price regulation,a government faces what
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