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A-LevelEconomicsGovernment microeconomic intervention9708/32 · May/June 2018 · Q171 Mark

Under which circumstances will a subsidy from the government be most beneficial if there are externalities from producing good X? externality caused by good X | price elasticity of demand of good X -----------------------------|------------------------------------ A negative | <1 B negative | >1 C positive | <1 D positive | >1

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  1. [1] D

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Topic
Government microeconomic intervention, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Structured question, 1 mark.
Source
A-Level Economics, May/June 2018 Paper 3 Variant 2, question 17.

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