Which of the Following Statements Regarding the Labour Demand Curve

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding the labour demand curve is false?

• A) It reflects the employer's unconstrained choice for the quantity demanded of labour given a wage level.
• B) It represents Pareto-inefficient contracts.
• C) It represents a set of wage-employment outcomes such that it is impossible to make one party better off without making the other party worse off.
• D) It is typically more elastic than the contract curve.
• E) It intersects the isoprofit curves at their highest points.

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