The Mining Output Sold by Australian Firms

question 105

Multiple Choice

The mining output sold by Australian firms:

• A)does not have much competition in other countries.
• B)competes with heterogeneous output from other suppliers from other countries.
• C)competes with output from other suppliers from other countries in markets lacking essential information.
• D)competes with almost homogenous output from other suppliers from other countries.

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