Consider the Following Statements When Answering This Question

question 21

Multiple Choice

Consider the following statements when answering this question. I. With convex isoquants, a firm's expansion path cannot be negatively sloped.
II) If a firm uses only two factors of production, one of whose marginal product becomes negative when its use exceeds a certain level, then a cost-minimizing firm's expansion path will have vertical or horizontal segments.

• A) I is true, and II is false.
• B) I is false, and II is true.
• C) Both I and II are true.
• D) Both I and II are false.

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Definitions:

Economic Rent

The excess payment made to a factor of production over and above what is needed to keep it in its current use, often due to unique circumstances.

Marginal Worker

An individual whose employment status is unstable or insecure, often at the fringes of the labor market.

Reservation Wage

The minimum wage at which an individual would be willing to accept for a particular job, below which they would choose not to work.

Ceteris Paribus

Ceteris paribus is a Latin term used in economics meaning "all other things being equal," employed to isolate the effect of one variable by assuming that other variables remain constant.