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Consumers in an economy who purchase a drug torelieve arthritis pain think that the only effective drug is Namebrand. The truth is that the same drug can be brought by it\'s chemical name Acetestamine. The drug costs $2 per unit to produce no matter what it is called and any quantity demanded can be supplied at that price (supply perfectly elastic at $2). The company producing Namebrands exploits consumer ignorance by charging $6 for each unit. Consumers do not realize that Ace is a perfect substitute for only $2. The total industry demanded for the drug is given by Q=400-40p.
a) What would be the value to consumers of knowing that Ace and the Namebrand are identical products?
b) How much is the social or deadweight loss due to the consumers\' lack of perfect information?
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