Effect of Rent Control on Quantity Supplied
When a government imposes a rent control measure that sets the rental price () below the original market equilibrium price (), it leads to a reduction in the number of apartments that landlords are willing to supply. The quantity of available rental units consequently falls from the equilibrium level () to a lower level ().
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