If a Firm Uses Factor Inputs That Are Personally Owned

question 41

Multiple Choice

If a firm uses factor inputs that are personally owned by the firm's owner, then economists refer to the opportunity cost of these inputs as

• A) sunk costs.
• B) direct production costs.
• C) implicit costs.
• D) inverted costs.
• E) accounting costs.

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