If the Firms in a Market Have Constant Returns to Scale

question 2

Multiple Choice

If the firms in a market have constant returns to scale internally while there are external economies of scale for the industry, a firm's long-run supply curve will be ________ and the long-run market supply curve will be ________.

• A) downward sloping; downward sloping
• B) upward sloping; horizontal
• C) horizontal; downward sloping
• D) downward sloping; horizontal
• E) upward sloping; downward sloping

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