A) increase the gains from trade because lower prices encourage consumers to buy more. B) reduce the size of the market, shrinking both consumer and producer surplus. C) help reduce the deadweight losses owing to taxation. D) increase market output to the point where consumer surplus equals producer surplus. A) increase the gains from trade because lower prices encourage consumers to buy more. B) reduce the size of the market, shrinking both consumer and producer surplus. C) help reduce the deadweight losses owing to taxation. D) increase market output to the point where consumer surplus equals producer surplus.

A) an efficient and equitable way to help the poor. B) inefficient, but a pretty good way to solve a serious social problem. C) an inefficient way to help the poor in raising their standard of living. D) an efficient way to allocate housing. A) an efficient and equitable way to help the poor. B) inefficient, but a pretty good way to solve a serious social problem. C) an inefficient way to help the poor in raising their standard of living. D) an efficient way to allocate housing.

Exam 8: Price Ceilings and Floors

Use the following to answer questions: Figure: Costs of Price Ceilings -(Figure: Costs of Price Ceilings) Refer to the figure. What is the dollar amount of lost consumer surplus if a price ceiling of $4 is implemented?

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Question 81

When the price ceilings on oil and gas were lifted in January 1981: I. the price of oil rose immediately. II. the price of oil continued to rise more than 2 years after the controls were eliminated. III. higher prices gave an incentive to suppliers to increase supply, thus leading eventually to lower prices.

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Question 82

Use the following to answer questions: Figure: Price Ceilings and Consumer Surplus -(Figure: Price Ceilings and Consumer Surplus) Refer to the figure. There is a price ceiling of $20. What is the value of consumer surplus if all the goods are allocated randomly?

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Question 83

Would you expect shortages due to rent controls to be more or less severe in the short run or in the long run? Does the elasticity of supply have a role to play?

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Question 84

Figure: Short and Long Run Shortages Use the figure. At a rent-controlled price of $800, the short-run shortage of apartments is and the long-run shortage is .

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Question 85

Which would NOT happen as the result of a price floor?

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Question 86

If a price ceiling is below equilibrium price, the willingness to pay for the quantity provided will be above equilibrium price.

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Question 87

An alternative to rent controls that increases the quantity of housing and targets consumers that need low-cost rental property is:

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Question 88

Which scenario shows how the Russian concept of blat works during a beef shortage?

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Question 89

Price ceilings are always good for consumer welfare.

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Question 90

Use the following to answer questions: Figure: Supply and Demand 4 -(Figure: Supply and Demand 4) Refer to the figure. If the good is randomly allocated between those with the highest and lowest willingness to pay, what is the value of consumer surplus at the price ceiling of $8?

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Question 91

Price ceilings:

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Question 92

A legal maximum price at which a good can be sold is a price:

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Question 93

A rent control is a regulation that:

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Question 94

For a given demand curve, the high-valued uses are at the _, and the low-valued uses are at the _.

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Question 95

Rent controls are:

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Question 96

Impeding price signals by imposing price ceilings can have serious consequences. Which of the following is such a consequence?

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Question 97

In a market the equilibrium price is $20. A price ceiling of $15 creates a bigger shortage than a price ceiling of $10.

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Question 98

Suppose that supply is fixed at 100 units and demand is Q = 500 - P. A price ceiling of $100 creates a shortage of 400 units.

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Question 99

Allocating products with long lines, using a first-come, first-served system, is:

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Exam 8: Price Ceilings and Floors

Use the following to answer questions: Figure: Costs of Price Ceilings -(Figure: Costs of Price Ceilings) Refer to the figure. What is the dollar amount of lost consumer surplus if a price ceiling of $4 is implemented?

Use the following to answer questions: Figure: Price Ceilings and Consumer Surplus -(Figure: Price Ceilings and Consumer Surplus) Refer to the figure. There is a price ceiling of $20. What is the value of consumer surplus if all the goods are allocated randomly?

Would you expect shortages due to rent controls to be more or less severe in the short run or in the long run? Does the elasticity of supply have a role to play?

Figure: Short and Long Run Shortages Use the figure. At a rent-controlled price of $800, the short-run shortage of apartments is ________ and the long-run shortage is ________.

Which would NOT happen as the result of a price floor?

If a price ceiling is below equilibrium price, the willingness to pay for the quantity provided will be above equilibrium price.

An alternative to rent controls that increases the quantity of housing and targets consumers that need low-cost rental property is:

Which scenario shows how the Russian concept of blat works during a beef shortage?

Price ceilings are always good for consumer welfare.

Use the following to answer questions: Figure: Supply and Demand 4 -(Figure: Supply and Demand 4) Refer to the figure. If the good is randomly allocated between those with the highest and lowest willingness to pay, what is the value of consumer surplus at the price ceiling of $8?

Price ceilings:

A legal maximum price at which a good can be sold is a price:

A rent control is a regulation that:

For a given demand curve, the high-valued uses are at the _____, and the low-valued uses are at the _____.

Rent controls are:

Impeding price signals by imposing price ceilings can have serious consequences. Which of the following is such a consequence?

In a market the equilibrium price is $20. A price ceiling of $15 creates a bigger shortage than a price ceiling of $10.

Suppose that supply is fixed at 100 units and demand is Q = 500 - P. A price ceiling of $100 creates a shortage of 400 units.

Allocating products with long lines, using a first-come, first-served system, is:

The Big Ideas

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Taxes and Subsidies

The Price System

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Externalities- When the Price Is Not Right

Costs and Profit Maximization Under Competition

Competition and the Invisible Hand

Monopoly

Price Discrimination

Oligopoly and Game Theory

Competing for Monopoly

Monopolistic Competition and Advertising

Labor Markets

Public Goods and the Tragedy of the Commons

Political Economy and Public Choice

Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy

Managing Incentives

Stock Markets and Personal Finance

Price Discrimination

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Figure: Short and Long Run Shortages Use the figure. At a rent-controlled price of $800, the short-run shortage of apartments is and the long-run shortage is .

For a given demand curve, the high-valued uses are at the _, and the low-valued uses are at the _.