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[GMAT写作] GMAT考试写作指导:Argument范文三二

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  38. The author of this article argues that, to reverse declining revenues from campus

  housing rentals, campus housing officials should decrease the number of available

  housing units and reduce rent prices on the units. The authors line of reasoning is that

  fewer available units will limit supply while lower rents will increase demand, thereby

  improving overall occupancy rates, and that the resulting increase in occupancy rates

  will, in turn, boost revenues for the campus. This reasoning is unconvincing for several

  reasons.

  To begin with, the author assumes that boosting occupancy rates will improve

  revenues. All other factors remaining unchanged, this would be the case. However, the

  author proposes reducing both the supply of units and their rental prices. Both of these

  actions would tend to reduce revenues. The author provides no evidence that the

  revenue-enhancing effect of a higher occupancy rate will exceed the revenue-decreasing

  effect of reduced supply and price. Without such evidence, the argument is

  unconvincing.

  Secondly, the author assumes that lowering rents will lead to higher revenues by

  increasing demand. However, it is possible that demand would decrease, depending on

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