What are the main effects of price ceiling and rationing?

Answer:
The following are the main effects of price ceiling and rationing:
1. Beneficial for Poor Consumers:
A well managed rationing system enables the poor section of the society to get the commodities which are in short supply.

2. Transfer of Resources:
The price ceiling and rationing enable the government to transfer resources from the production of less important uses to more important uses.

3. Black Marketing:
The worst effect of rationing is to encourage black marketing.
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