Suppose the city council in a large city decides to pass a law which forces landlords to charge a maximum rent of $750/month for a one-bedroom apartment. prior to the rent control, the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment was $1,750/month. which is likely to occur as a result of the price ceiling?
a. landlords will begin decreasing the quality of one-bedroom apartments by not making repairs or paying for upkeep.
b. the rental market will become more efficient.
c. some landlords and renters will agree on a price of less than $750/month and not report it to the government.
d. landlords will supply more apartments to the market than they did before the price ceiling.

In march 2012, the state of california started requiring that all packaging for food and drink with the additive 4-methylimidazole (4-mi) be clearly labeled with a cancer warning. because of this, both pepsi and coke changed their formula to eliminate 4-mi as an ingredient. if pepsi and coke did not change their formula, holding all else constant, what would have happened to the demand for these goods, assuming pepsi and coke were in a competitive market? a. the demand curve for both pepsi and coke would have shifted to the right, causing the price of both products to decrease and the profits for the companies to fall. b. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have remained unchanged, but the price of both products would have decreased and the profits for the companies would have fallen. c. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have decreased, but the prices and profits would not have changed. d. the demand curve for only one of them would change because pepsi and coke are substitutes. e. the demand curve for pepsi and coke would have shifted to the left, causing the price of both products to decrease and the profits for both companies to fall.