It is necessary to ration a good whenever
A surplus demand
Supply exceeds demand
Demand exceeds supply
There is a perfectly.inelastic demand for the good
With a positive externally
There is under consumption in the free market
There is over consumption is the free market
The government may tax to decrease production
Society could be made off less was produced.
When supply increases is an an agricultural market farmers earnings might fall because
Supply is price elastic
Demand is price inelastic
The government buys up all the excess production
All output must be sold at a maximum price
Economist say that there has to be some form of rationing whenever
Merit goods are produced
Inflation occurs
There are externalities
There is excess demand
Economists use the term 'Black markets' for situations where
Goods are sold at prices above legal or official prices
Illegal substances are sold
Transactions are not recorded in the GDP figures
Buyers and /or sellers are not paying taxes as they should
Agricultural prices tend to be unstable because :
Demand is price elastic
Supply is stable
Demand and supply are price inelastic
A price ceiling is
The minimum price that consumers are willing to pay for a good
The differences between the initial equilibrium price the equilibrium price after a decrease in supply
A maximum price usually set by government ,that sellers may change for a good
A minimum price usually set by government that sellers must charge for a good
In a free market system rationing occurs when there are increase in
Demand
Supply
Price
Quantity
If the price in a market is fixed by the government above equilibrium.
There is excess equilibrium
There is excess supply
There is equilibrium
If a maximum price is set above equilibrium there will be:
A price fall
A price increase
Excess supply
Excess demand
