Exhibit 16-1 Several Congressmen and Senators Have Been Greatly Concerned

Exhibit 16-1 Several congressmen and senators have been greatly concerned about the fairness of salaries in the marketplace.They are contemplating enacting a law that would fix the wage rate at W_A.Their aides,who were all excellent economics students,have returned with the results of an investigation into the matter,as portrayed below. Refer to Exhibit 16-1.If the government was to impose a wage rate of W_A on the computer software programming industry:

A) the imposed wage would have no effect on the market for computer programmers.
B) a shortage of software programmers would result.
C) a quantity of Q₄ software programmers would be demanded in the marketplace.
D) there would be pressure from market forces for the wage to fall.