(Figure: Nonequilibrium Wages) in the Figure, What Would NOT Cause

question 24

Multiple Choice

(Figure: Nonequilibrium Wages) In the figure, what would NOT cause wages to be at W₃?

• A) efficiency wages
• B) minimum wages
• C) unions
• D) government wages

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