What Kind of Economies Come from Reductions in Cost Due

question 8

Multiple Choice

What kind of economies come from reductions in cost due to adoption of technology that has high fixed costs,but lower variable costs?

• A)Short-run economies of scale
• B)Short-run economies of scope
• C)Long-run economies of scale
• D)Long-run economies of scope
• E)Partially automated economies

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Definitions:

Resource

An asset or input used to produce goods and services, including time, money, labor, and natural resources.

Purely Competitive Market

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, free entry and exit, and a homogeneous product, leading to price takers on both sides of the market.

Imperfectly Competitive Market

A market structure where individual sellers have some control over the price of their goods due to product differentiation or other factors.

Total Product

The overall quantity of output that a firm produces, usually in relation to a given input of labor or capital.