"Rent Control",a Form of Price Control in Which the Government

question 30

Multiple Choice

"Rent Control",a form of price control in which the government sets a limit to what apartment owners can charge a tenant,is a mechanism of:

• A) cost cutting.
• B) price ceiling.
• C) price floor.
• D) non-equilibrium pricing.

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