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Consider a competitive market for music concert tickets. Assume supply is perfectly inelastic and demand is downward sloping. An increase in tickets released will result in the following changes: Group of answer choicesIncrease in consumer surplus and decrease in producer surplusIncrease in consumer surplus and an uncertain change in producer surplusUncertain change in consumer surplus and decrease in producer surplusUncertain change in consumer surplus and increase in producer surplusNo change in producer nor consumer surplus

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Consider a competitive market for music concert tickets. Assume supply is perfectly inelastic and demand is downward sloping. An increase in tickets released will result in the following changes: Group of answer choicesIncrease in consumer surplus and decrease in producer surplusIncrease in consumer surplus and an uncertain change in producer surplusUncertain change in consumer surplus and decrease in producer surplusUncertain change in consumer surplus and increase in producer surplusNo change in producer nor consumer surplus

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In a competitive market with perfectly inelastic supply and downward sloping demand, an increase in the quantity of tickets released would lead to a decrease in the price of tickets. This is because the supply of tickets has increased, but the demand has not changed, so the price must decrease to maintain market equilibrium.

This decrease in price would lead to an increase in consumer surplus, as consumers are now able to purchase tickets at a lower price.

However, because the supply is perfectly inelastic, producers are unable to respond to the decrease in price by reducing the quantity of tickets supplied. This means that the producer surplus would decrease, as producers are now receiving less revenue for each ticket sold.

Therefore, the correct answer is "Increase in consumer surplus and decrease in producer surplus".

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