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Analyzing the Landlord Response to Rent Control

Imagine a city's rental housing market is in equilibrium, where the number of apartments landlords are willing to rent out matches the number of apartments tenants wish to rent at a specific market price. The city government then imposes a law that legally caps the monthly rent at a price significantly below this equilibrium level. Analyze the economic reasoning behind the expected change in the quantity of apartments that landlords will make available on the market. In your explanation, detail the incentives that drive this change in landlord behavior.

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