Questions tagged [price-control]
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What is the likely result of rent control in Berlin?
What predictions does economics make about the likely result of this policy in Berlin of capping rent prices.
Berlin is freezing the rents of 1.5 million apartments for the next five years starting ...
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Effects of Eliminating Government Controls on Supply (organ donation)
I was having a discussion with somebody about organ transplants. I gave the free market pov that allowing the sale of organs would greatly increase the supply, and the all-in price would come down ...
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What are the consequences of price-capping non-perishables undergoing temporary demand-spikes?
Due to the recent coronavirus outbreak (2020 for future readers), many consumers worldwide are overstocking on non-perishable products like toilet papers and hand sanitizers, in order to avoid ...
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effect of tax imposition on consumer and supplier with a price ceiling
Use a supply and demand diagram, suppose there's a valid price ceiling, say at 2. Now we add a specific tax of 1, to suppliers, what is the new consumer surplus, producer surplus, and tax revenue?
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What if the government impose both price control and supply restriction on the market?
Due to the virus outbreak, there is a surge in demand for mask and hand sanitizes. To prevent price hiking government impose a price ceiling on the products, however consumers are behaving irrational (...
