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A-LevelEconomicsGovernment InterventionFeb/Mar 2019Paper 1 Q141 Mark

A government wishes to raise the incomes of farmers without raising the price of food to consumers. Which policy should it use?

Amaximum price below the market price for food
Bminimum price below the market price for food
Cpayment of a subsidy to farmers to produce food
Drelease of government food stocks onto the market

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About This A-Level Economics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) Feb/Mar 2019 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Government Intervention and is worth 1 mark.

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