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KRUGMAN'SMACROECONOMICS for AP*
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Margaret Ray and David Anderson
ModuleSupply and Demand: Price Controls (Ceilings and Floors)
What you will learnWhat you will learn
in thisin this ModuleModule::• The meaning of price controls, one
way government intervenes in markets
• How price controls can create problems and make a market inefficient
• Why economists are often deeply skeptical of attempts to intervene in markets
• Who benefits and who loses from price controls, and why they are used despite their well-known problems
• Unpopular market prices
• Political pressure
Why Governments Control PricesWhy Governments Control Prices
• Legal maximum price
• Examples
• Resource prices during WWII
• Oil Prices in1970s
• California electricity
• New York City apartments
Price CeilingsPrice Ceilings
Modeling a Price CeilingModeling a Price Ceiling
How a Price Ceiling Causes How a Price Ceiling Causes InefficiencyInefficiency
• Inefficient Allocation to Consumers
• Wasted Resources
• Inefficiently Low Quality
• Black Markets
So Why Are There Price So Why Are There Price Ceilings?Ceilings?
• Benefit some
• Uncertainty
• Lack of understanding
• Legal minimum price
• Examples
• Agricultural products
• Minimum wage
• Trucking
• Air travel
Price FloorsPrice Floors
Modeling a Price FloorModeling a Price Floor
How a Price Floor Causes How a Price Floor Causes InefficiencyInefficiency
• Inefficiently Low Quantity
• Inefficient Allocation of Sales Among Sellers
• Wasted Resources
• Inefficiently High Quality
• Illegal Activity
So Why Are There Price So Why Are There Price Floors?Floors?
• Benefit some
• Disregard
• Lack of understanding
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