Rent controls tend to _____ the housing supply and to _____ the rents that people in non-rent-controlled apartments pay.


Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


lower; raise

Economics

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What will be an ideal response?

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Suppose you purchase a one-year bond that has a $450 coupon and a face value of $5,000, and immediately after you purchase the bond, new bonds are issued that are otherwise identical, except they have coupons of $375

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How much trade involves shipping goods between the fairly similar high-income economies of the United States, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Mexico, and China?

a. Roughly one-fourth b. Roughly one-third c. Roughly one-half d. Roughly one-fifth

Economics

Multinationals

What will be an ideal response?

Economics