Figure 7.4.1 -Assume That a Firm's Production Process Is Subject to Increasing

question 69

Multiple Choice

Figure 7.4.1
-Assume that a firm's production process is subject to increasing returns to scale over a broad range of outputs. Long-run average costs over this output will tend to:

• A) increase.
• B) decline.
• C) remain constant.
• D) fall to a minimum and then rise.

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