Billy Bob's Fertilizer Engineers, a Perfectly Competitive Firm, Is Incurring

question 247

Multiple Choice

Billy Bob's Fertilizer Engineers, a perfectly competitive firm, is incurring a loss, but the price is still above minimum average variable cost. Then in the short run this firm should ________, and in the long run, if there is no change in economic conditions, this firm should ________.

• A) shut down; exit the industry
• B) shut down; expand
• C) produce where MR = MC; exit the industry
• D) produce where MR = MC; expand

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