A Decrease in the Price of a Resource Would Cause

question 5

Multiple Choice

A decrease in the price of a resource would cause

• A) producers to substitute other inputs for the resource.
• B) the cost of products made from the resource to fall.
• C) producers to use more of the resource.
• D) none of the above.
• E) both b and c above.

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Definitions:

Present Value

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Periodic Interest Rate

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