Consider Two Firms,A and B,that Are Producing the Same Product

question 93

Multiple Choice

Consider two firms,A and B,that are producing the same product but with different average costs.Economists say this situation reflects a problem of

• A)unemployed resources.
• B)economic inefficiency.
• C)productive inefficiency.
• D)allocative inefficiency.
• E)Not necessarily any of the above.

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