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Government Intervention in Markets - Mind Map

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  • Buffer Stocks
    • Use of stocks to influence supply
    • Purchase of stocks in surplus
    • Sale of stocks in shortage
    • Cost of Storage
    • Cost of setting up the scheme
  • Price Controls
    • Maximum Price
    • Minimum Price
    • Distorting Effects
    • Black Markets?
  • Price Stability Schemes
    • Excess Supply?
    • Excess Demand?
    • Lack of Perfect Knowledge?
  • Income Guarantee Schemes
    • What level?
    • Difficulty of reading the market
    • Long term effects on trade
    • Difficulties of future adjustment