A Firm Scaled Down Its Operation by Reducing All Inputs

question 184

Multiple Choice

A firm scaled down its operation by reducing all inputs by 50% and experienced a more-than-50% decrease in output. If all input prices remain unchanged, the firm's long-run average cost exhibits

• A) economies of scale at the current output level.
• B) diseconomies of scale at the current output level.
• C) a constant long-run average cost at the current output level.
• D) diminishing marginal returns at the current output level.

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