Study the below graph which shows price floor set by government. Excess supply is denoted by?
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qf to q* q* to qf’ qf to qf’ 0 to qf’ |
qf to qf’ |
The correct answer is option 3: qf to qf’ The above figure shows the market supply and the market demand curve for a commodity on which price floor is imposed. The market equilibrium here would occur at price p* and quantity q*. But when the government imposes a floor higher than the equilibrium price at pf , the market demand is qf whereas the firms want to supply q’f , thereby leading to an excess supply in the market equal to qf q’f.
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