Explanation When the Government introduces a subsidy on the spinach, it would reduce the cost of production of spinach. This implies that the producers can produce and supply spinach at a lower cost than before. This would lead to a fall in the price of spinach and increase in the quantity of output produced as more people may spinach cultivation. The producers and the buyers may benefit from the subsidy depending on the elasticity of demand and supply curves...

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Chapter 4, Problem 15CQ

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Impact of subsidy on spinach.

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