A Short-Run Production Function at Some Point Becomes Flatter Due

question 6

Multiple Choice

A short-run production function at some point becomes flatter due to:

• A)Decreasing returns to scale.
• B)Increasing returns to scale.
• C)The fact that a firm has to hire poorer quality workers as production increases.
• D)Diminishing marginal product.
• E)None of the above.

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

In behavioral psychology, it is a consequence that will strengthen an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus.

Weakens

To reduce the strength, effectiveness, or power of something or someone.

Probability

The measure of the likelihood that an event will occur.

Secondary Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer, such as money being valued for what it can buy.