Producers Are Willing to Offer Greater Quantities for Sale at Higher

question 55

Multiple Choice

Producers are willing to offer greater quantities for sale at higher prices because

• A) they have the incentive to pay the increasing opportunity cost of resources necessary to attract them from alternative uses
• B) they will decrease their profits by expanding production at higher prices
• C) the government orders them to do so
• D) lower prices attract new firms, which have higher costs of production
• E) they hire superior quality, higher-priced resources as production expands

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