The Adverse Effects of Rent Controls Include

question 186

Multiple Choice

The adverse effects of rent controls include

• A) keeping rental rates too high in a normal market.
• B) excessive construction of new rental housing.
• C) reduced incentive to construct new rental housing.
• D) increased incentives for people to purchase their own homes.

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Definitions:

DRO

Differential Reinforcement of Other behavior, a technique used in behavioral therapy to encourage the occurrence of desired behaviors by only rewarding behaviors other than the undesirable one.

Variable-Ratio

A reinforcement pattern in which a reaction is rewarded following a random number of responses, resulting in consistent and elevated rates of response.

Fixed-Ratio

A reinforcement schedule where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have occurred.

Fixed-Interval

A reinforcement schedule in which the first reaction is reinforced after a predetermined period, resulting in a patterned series of responses.