🤑ap microeconomics review

Allocative inefficiency

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A market outcome where price exceeds marginal cost, resulting in underproduction relative to the socially optimal level and deadweight loss.

AP course connection

Topic 4.4: 4.4 Monopolistic Competition

Unit 4