Rent Control Policies Tend to Cause

question 37

Multiple Choice

Rent control policies tend to cause

• A)relatively smaller shortages in the short run than in the long run because supply and demand tends to be more elastic in the short run than in the long run.
• B)relatively larger shortages in the short run than in the long run because supply and demand tends to be more elastic in the short run than in the long run.
• C)relatively larger shortages in the short run than in the long run because supply and demand tends to be more inelastic in the short run than in the long run.
• D)relatively smaller shortages in the short run than in the long run because supply and demand tends to be more inelastic in the short run than in the long run.

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