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.


C

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A) they are automatically undertaken by the Federal Reserve Bank to reduce budget deficits. B) they occur automatically when real GDP changes. C) the policy suggestions of the Council of Economic Advisors are automatically followed. D) the policy suggestions of the Office of Management and Budget are automatically followed.

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