Rent Controls Set a Price Ceiling Below the Equilibrium Price

question 10

Multiple Choice

Rent controls set a price ceiling below the equilibrium price and therefore:

• A) quantity supplied exceeds the quantity demanded.
• B) quantity demanded exceeds the quantity supplied.
• C) a surplus of rental units will result.
• D) poor people will obviously and clearly be helped.

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