If a rent control policy is enacted to protect apartment renters, this is likely to lead to

A. an increase in the supply of apartments.
B. rise in the number of households looking for rental units.
C. increased investment in rental properties.
D. the conversion of office buildings to rental apartments.


Answer: B

Economics

You might also like to view...

"People buy insurance do protect themselves from moral hazard." True or false? Explain

What will be an ideal response?

Economics

Refer to Table 4-2. The table above lists the highest prices five consumers are willing to pay for a concert ticket. If the price of one of the tickets is $36

A) Violet and Walter receive a total of $52 of consumer surplus from buying one ticket each. No one else will buy a ticket. B) Xavier, Yolanda, and Zachary will receive a total of $68 of consumer surplus since they will buy no tickets. C) Violet and Walter will each buy two tickets. D) Walter will receive $4 of consumer surplus from buying one ticket.

Economics

The definition of a job leaver is an individual

A) who terminates his job voluntarily in order to work for a family business. B) whose employment was terminated involuntarily. C) who competed for a promotion at his company and did not get it. D) who is underemployed.

Economics

When retail bicycle dealers advertise and perform warranty repairs but do not deliver the personal selling message that Schwinn has designed as part of the marketing plan but cannot observe at less than prohibitive cost, the manufacturer has encountered a problem of ____

a. reliance relationships b. uncertainty c. moral hazard d. creative ingenuity e. insurance reliance

Economics