Question

What is meant by allocative efficiency? Allocative efficiency is when every good or service A. is produced up to the point where price equals marginal cost B. Is produced at lowest possible cost C. produced generates an equal amount of consumer surplus and producer surplus D. is produced up to the point where price equals marginal revenue E. is produced up to the point where the difference between the marginal benefit for consumers and the marginal cost of producing it is maximized

Answer 1

Answer:

Option (E) is correct.

Explanation:

Allocative efficiency is created when the gap between marginal benefit and marginal cost is maximum. The marginal benefit is the benefit that a consumer can get by consuming an additional unit of a commodity and the marginal cost is the cost that a producer incurred by producing an additional unit.

Hence, the allocative efficiency is achieved where the difference between these two terms is maximized.