The influence of the Hall effect on current-voltage phase shift measur
ements is reported for the capacitively coupled two-dimensional electr
on gas on liquid helium. The frequencies are low enough that phase shi
fts due to edge mode propagation are negligible. The Hall effect typic
ally leads to a decreasing phase shift with increasing magnetic field,
as a result of the tendency to make the entire edge of the electron s
heet an equipotential- (and equiphase) line.