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In three to four sentences, explain the effect of a price ceiling on the quantity of a good and who this intervention intends to assist.

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Price ceiling intend to assist the consumers by setting the maximum price that the sellers could sell to the market. This usually will lower the amount of goods that exist in the market. Mainly because many sellers will get a lot of their possible income cut off

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