A Decrease in Supply

question 31

Multiple Choice

A decrease in supply

• A) is unrelated to changes in the assumptions that underlie the supply curve.
• B) produces a supply curve that slopes downward to the right.
• C) is caused by a price change along a supply curve.
• D) affects only an agricultural supply curve.
• E) is synonymous with a leftward shift of the supply curve.

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