If the Production Technology Has Increasing Returns to Scale, Short

question 20

True/False

If the production technology has increasing returns to scale, short run marginal cost curves must be downward sloping.

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Definitions:

Inferior Good

A type of good for which demand decreases as the income of the consumer increases, contrary to what happens with a normal good.

Net Supplier

An entity that provides more of a good or service to the market than it consumes from it.

Normal Good

A category of product that sees a rise in demand as the consumer's income grows, indicating a direct correlation between income levels and demand.

Backward-Bending

Refers to the backward-bending supply curve of labor, indicating that beyond a certain wage level, labor supply decreases as income and substitution effects impact workers' willingness to work.