The Basic Difference Between Rent and Other Payments for Productive

question 6

Multiple Choice

The basic difference between rent and other payments for productive inputs is that

• A) a reduction in rent will not influence the availability of the input; reductions in other input payments will reduce their availability.
• B) rent is earned income to the input owner; other input payments are unearned.
• C) rent is payment for use of an input; other input payments are made to obtain input services.
• D) rent is payment for an input that has alternative uses; other input payments are for unique inputs.
• E) There are no basic differences among these payments.

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