Related to the Economics in Practice on Page 154: According

question 133

Multiple Choice

Related to the Economics in Practice on page 154: According to the Economics in Practice feature, productivity of the firms participating in the United States Technical Assistance and Productivity Program

• A) grew only slightly in the first few years and then stopped growing in the years that followed.
• B) doubled during the first two years and then declined for the rest of the decade.
• C) grew by 15 percent in the first year and continued to grow for more than a decade afterward.
• D) started off declining for the first decade but then grew during the second decade.

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