In Some Industries Where Firms Experience Declining Average Total Costs

question 169

Multiple Choice

In some industries where firms experience declining average total costs over the full range of output that consumers are willing to buy,

• A) a smaller firm will always have lower per-unit costs.
• B) many firms will tend to emerge from the competitive process.
• C) a single large firm will develop, and it will have cost advantages that protect it from potential rivals.
• D) a single large firm will develop, and it will buy out any smaller rival firms to avoid the small firms' production at a lower per-unit cost.

Understand the role and implication of opportunity cost in making economic choices.

Recognize the importance of making choices due to scarce resources and its impact on opportunity cost.

Understand the concept and significance of physical capital in production processes.

Explain the universal problem of scarcity across different societies.

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