If Your Plant Is Operating in the Negatively Sloped Portion

question 105

Multiple Choice

If your plant is operating in the negatively sloped portion of a long-run average cost curve, production exhibits:

• A) higher wages.
• B) economies of scale.
• C) diseconomies of scale.
• D) increased input prices.

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