A) A price ceiling reduces the quantity exchanged on the market, but a price floor increases the quantity exchanged on the market.
B) A price ceiling increases the quantity exchanged on the market, but a price floor decreases the quantity exchanged on the market.
C) Both price floors and price ceilings reduce the quantity exchanged in the market.
D) Both price floors and price ceilings increase the quantity exchanged in the market.
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A) increase the price and quantity exchanged in the short run.
B) increase the price and but leave the quantity exchanged the same in the short run.
C) increase the quantity exchanged but leave the price the same in the short run.
D) leave both price and quantity exchanged the same in the short run.
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A) the curve is elastic.
B) Ed is > 1.
C) starting at P1, an increase in price will lead to a decrease in total revenue.
D) all of the above are correct.
E) none of the above are correct.
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A) reduced incentives to build new rental housing
B) reduced incentives for landlords to keep rental units in good repair
C) increased discrimination against people deemed undesirable on the part of landlords
D) increased turnover as tenants move more frequently from one rental unit to another
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A) inelastic; decreases
B) elastic; decreases
C) elastic; increases
D) inelastic; increases
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A) reduction in the volume of sales only if the price is forced down.
B) reduction in the volume of sales if the price is forced down and an increase in the volume of sales if the price is forced up.
C) decrease in the volume of sales whether the price is forced up or down.
D) increase in the volume of sales whether the price is forced up or down.
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A) price elasticity of demand for orange juice equals 1.4.
B) demand for orange juice is perfectly elastic.
C) demand for orange juice is unit elastic.
D) supply curve for orange juice is perfectly inelastic.
E) price elasticity of demand for orange juice equals 0.6.
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A) quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied and a surplus results.
B) quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied and a shortage results.
C) quantity supplied exceeds quantity demanded and a surplus results.
D) quantity supplied exceeds quantity demanded and a shortage results.
E) it is necessary to know whether the ceiling is imposed above or below the equilibrium price in order to determine whether the quantity traded will be affected.
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A) A.
B) C.
C) A + B.
D) A + B + C.
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A) consumer surplus.
B) producer surplus.
C) consumer surplus plus producer surplus.
D) marginal utility.
E) the deadweight loss arising from free trade.
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A) upward sloping to the right.
B) downward sloping to the left.
C) horizontal.
D) vertical.
E) any of the above.
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A) 7,000
B) 5,000
C) 4,000
D) 3,000
E) 2,000
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A) $1.25
B) $2.25
C) $2.75
D) $3.50
E) $6.25
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A) $10.
B) $15.
C) $20.
D) $55.
E) $75.
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A) increase both the price and the quantity exchanged.
B) increase the price but result in no change in the quantity exchanged.
C) increase the quantity exchanged but result in no change in the price.
D) decrease the price but not change the quantity exchanged.
E) do none of the above.
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A) A + B + E.
B) B + E.
C) D.
D) C + D+ F.
E) C + F.
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A) consumer surplus.
B) producer surplus.
C) the sum of consumer and producer surplus.
D) producer surplus minus consumer surplus.
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A) an increase in the quantity of low-skilled labor supplied
B) a decrease in the quantity of low-skilled labor demanded
C) a decrease in teenage unemployment
D) an increase in teenage unemployment
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A) perfectly elastic.
B) elastic.
C) unit elastic.
D) inelastic.
E) perfectly inelastic.
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A) quantity demanded will increase proportionately
B) quantity demanded will fall to zero
C) quantity demanded will register a disproportionately high increase
D) quantity demanded will decrease proportionately
E) quantity demanded will remain the same
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