Effective price ceilings and price floors:

A. make the rationing function of free markets more efficient.
B. cause surpluses and shortages, respectively.
C. interfere with the rationing function of prices.
D. shift demand and supply curves and therefore have no effect on the rationing function of prices.


Answer: C

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