When a fiRm's Productivity Increases, Its Short-Run Average Total Cost

question 37

Multiple Choice

When a firm's productivity increases, its short-run average total cost curve _____.

• A) will not change
• B) shifts down to the right
• C) becomes steeper
• D) becomes parallel to the horizontal axis

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