If the government implements a binding price ceiling on insulin, this will
A) increase the price consumers will pay for insulin.
B) decrease the quantity of insulin the manufacturers will be willing to supply.
C) have to be set above the market equilibrium price to be effective.
D) encourage manufacturers to produce and sell more insulin to increase their profits.
Answer: B
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A) Oil companies would "ration" their supplies of gasoline by raising price. B) There would be a shortage of the original equilibrium price. C) Quantity demanded would decrease. D) The demand curve would shift to the left.
Suppose that Y = 4,000 and we are at a point on the money demand schedule where (M/P) = 600. Should Y rise to 4,200, the same quantity of real money balances
A) will not be demanded under any conditions. B) will be demanded again provided the interest rate does not change. C) will be demanded again provided the interest rate rises by a certain amount. D) will be demanded again provided the interest rate falls by a certain amount.