When a price control pushes the price of a good or resource below the market equilibrium, then
A) the quantity supplied will be greater than the quantity demanded of the good.
B) a shortage of the good will develop.
C) the scarcity of the good will be eliminated.
D) a surplus of the good will develop.
B) a shortage of the good will develop.
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The short-run aggregate supply curve has a(n) ________ slope because as prices of ________ rise, prices of ________ rise more slowly
A) infinite; inputs; final goods and services B) positive; final goods and services; inputs C) infinite; final goods and services; inputs D) positive; inputs; final goods and services
Suppose a firm uses workers and office space to produce output. The firm is locked into a year-long lease on its office space, but it can easily vary the number of employee-hours it uses each day. The table below describes the relationship between the number of employee-hours the firm uses each day and the firm's daily output. Each unit of output sells for $2, the hourly wage rate is $14, and the rent on the office space is $50 per day.Employee-HoursPer DayOutputPer Day0014048091201516023200When the firm uses 9 employee-hours, its total labor cost each day is:
A. $30 B. $126 C. $56 D. $84