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Consider the effects of rent control in two cities, each of which imposes rent control with a maximum price of $400, compared to an equilibrium price of $500. In Elastic City, the price elasticity of supply of housing is 5.0. In Rigid City, the supply elasticity is 0.40.

(a). Compared to Elastic City, Rigid City will experience a (smaller, larger) reduction in the quantity of housing supplied and a (smaller, larger) deadweight loss from rent control.

(b). Illustrate your answers with two graphs, one for each city.