Suppose the market clearing rate for apartments in Yazoo City, Mississippi is $400 per month, but a rent control is set at $600 per month. Which of the following would tend to occur in the community?
A) A shortage of apartments
B) An increase in the quantity demanded for apartments
C) Both of the above.
D) Neither of the above.
D
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According to the quantity theory of money demand
A) an increase in interest rates will cause the demand for money to fall. B) a decrease in interest rates will cause the demand for money to increase. C) interest rates have no effect on the demand for money. D) an increase in money will cause the demand for money to fall.
The present value of a sum to be received in the future is greater
A) the greater the interest rate. B) the less the time period before receiving the sum. C) the greater the inflation rate. D) the greater the discount rate.
There are generally, in most areas, a large number of qualified physicians whose services are highly personalized. In addition to price, factors such as age, sex, location, and personality influence the choice of physician. Thus, the market is best described as
A. perfectly competitive. B. a differentiated oligopoly. C. a monopoly. D. monopolistically competitive.
Keynes believed in all of the following, EXCEPT
A. The ideas of economists and political philosophers are more powerful than is commonly understood. B. The problem with recessions was inadequate aggregate demand. C. Say's Law. D. There was absolutely nothing wrong with deficits during recessions and depressions.