Multiple choice

What market distortion most typically creates "deadweight loss"—a reduction in total surplus?

  1. a tax

  2. extreme prices

  3. a monopoly

  4. lack of consumer information
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Explanation

A tax creates a wedge between the price buyers pay and the price sellers receive, which reduces the quantity traded below the socially optimal level, resulting in deadweight loss.

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