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A price floor above equilibrium creates which efficiency cost?
AHigher efficiency
BMore consumer surplus
CDeadweight loss
DPerfect allocation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Deadweight loss
Fewer units trade than at equilibrium, so some mutually beneficial trades are lost.
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