Of the following groups, which benefits most from a government price support program that establishes a floor price for an agricultural product that is higher than the product's market clearing price? Select one:

a. Consumers, who purchase more units of the product than they did before the price support program was implemented

b. Taxpayers, who no longer must provide funds to purchase surplus units of the product once the price support program is in place

c. The government, which receives subsidy payments from producers that are required to sell more of the product at a higher price under the government's program

d. Producers, who earn a higher price on the sale of each unit and also sell more units, thereby unambiguously earning higher revenues

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Beatrice Roberts

22 August, 03:22

Of the following groups, which benefits most from a government price support program that establishes a floor price for an agricultural product that is higher than the product's market clearing price? Select one:

a. Consumers, who purchase more units of the product than they did before the price support program was implemented

b. Taxpayers, who no longer must provide funds to purchase surplus units of the product once the price support program is in place

c. The government, which receives subsidy payments from producers that are required to sell more of the product at a higher price under the government's program

d. Producers, who earn a higher price on the sale of each unit and also sell more units, thereby unambiguously earning higher revenues

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Riley Nielsen · Answer 1

d. Producers, who earn a higher price on the sale of each unit and also sell more units, thereby unambiguously earning higher revenues

Explanation:

A government price support program is when the government impose a price limit on a product to control the price of the product i. e price floor, and also the purchase of any surplus. The price floor and the purchase of any surplus for the product encourages the producers to produce more of the product.

Since price floor must be higher than the equilibrium price for it to be effective, the producers of the agricultural product earn more by selling in units and also earn more for selling any surplus to the government.