Because the Short-Run Average Total Cost Curve Slopes Downward for an Information

question 198

Multiple Choice

Because the short-run average total cost curve slopes downward for an information product, the firm experiences

• A) a downward sloping marginal cost curve.
• B) a downward sloping average variable cost curve.
• C) short-run economies of operation.
• D) long-run diseconomies of scale.

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