If Firms in a Price-Taker Industry Were Forced to Install

question 126

Multiple Choice

If firms in a price-taker industry were forced to install antipollution devices that increased their production costs, we should expect

• A) the cost curves for the firms in this industry to shift downward.
• B) the market price of the product to decrease.
• C) that the firms in the industry would suffer long-run economic losses.
• D) that the firms in the industry would earn normal economic profits in the long run, as the higher production costs were passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices.

Interpret manufacturing statements and financial reports related to manufacturing costs.

Understand the elements of sentence structure and paragraph coherence.

Identify and correct common grammatical errors such as sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and comma splices.

Differentiate between active and passive voice and understand their uses in business writing.

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