Explain Why the Supply of Housing Would Be More Elastic

question 18

Multiple Choice

Explain why the supply of housing would be more elastic in the long run.

• A) More real estate developers would enter the market.
• B) It takes time to build new housing.
• C) Land is scarce.
• D) a and b.
• E) b and c.

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Definitions:

Delivery Date

The specific date on which a financial transaction, especially pertaining to futures or options contracts, is scheduled to be settled or executed.

Futures Contracts

Standardized agreements to buy or sell a particular commodity or financial instrument at a predetermined price at a specified time in the future.

Actual Delivery

The physical exchange of an asset between seller and buyer or the completion of a transaction, as opposed to a contract being settled by other means.

Interest Rate Futures

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