Economics: Principles, Problems, and Policies, 19th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073511447
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-144-3

Chapter 14 - Rent, Interest, and Profit - Questions - Page 310: 1

Answer

The everyday usage of the word rent refers to payment for a good or service typically housing, vehicles, and other property. In economics, rent is the price paid for paid for use of land or natural resources. No matter how high rent is the actual supply of land cannot change. The rent serves as no function as an incentive.

Work Step by Step

To understand this question, think about what the everyday citizens use the word rent as vs as the perception from an economic perspective.
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