The Theory That Holds That Firms May Try to Increase

question 84

Multiple Choice

The theory that holds that firms may try to increase productivity by paying a wage in excess of the market-clearing wage is called the

• A) efficiency-wage theory.
• B) reservation wage theory.
• C) excess wage theory.
• D) wage-inflation theory.

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