Suppose that in an effort to keep prices of gasoline low for…
Suppose that in an effort to keep prices of gasoline low for consumers, a government imposes and vigorously enforces a price ceiling on the retail price of gasoline. The government allocates the gasoline with a lottery (a buyer has to present a winning lottery ticket to buy gasoline), but does not penalize in any way the resale of lottery tickets by lottery winners. Given this scenario, which of the following statements is true?