Suppose the Madison city government imposes a price ceiling on
the rental price of apartments.The demand for rental apartments is
given by the equationP= 1500−0.2Q, and the supply is given by the
equationP= 0.2Q+ 300.
(a) Without a price ceiling, what would be the equilibrium
quantity and price? Calculate the consumer surplus (CS) and
producer surplus (PS). Graph the demand and supply curves and shade
the areas for CS and PS on the graph.
(b) Suppose the price ceiling is...