If a proposed change creates winners and losers but the gains are shown to outweigh the losses, how is the change described?

Correct answer C. Potentially efficient

Explanation

This is the Kaldor-Hicks test: winners could in principle compensate the losers and still be better off, so the change is potentially efficient even if compensation is never paid.

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