If the Payment to an Input Is Pure Economic Rent

question 129

Multiple Choice

If the payment to an input is pure economic rent, then reducing that payment will

• A)not influence the availability of the input.
• B)increase the quantity supplied of the input.
• C)decrease the quantity supplied of the input.
• D)decrease the demand for the input.

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