Which of the Following Factors Would Not Shift the Cost

question 65

Multiple Choice

Which of the following factors would not shift the cost curves of an automobile company upward?

• A) a regulation requiring all automobiles be equipped with improved safety equipment
• B) an increase in the price of steel used to make automobiles
• C) an increase in the property tax on buildings and equipment used by the automobile company
• D) An employee develops a new method of installing doors on the cars that requires half as many workers as before.

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