Producers of DVDs Are Able to Lower the Wage Rate

question 278

Multiple Choice

Producers of DVDs are able to lower the wage rate that they pay to their workers. You predict that the

• A) price will rise.
• B) quantity supplied will decrease.
• C) supply curve will shift leftward.
• D) supply curve will shift rightward.

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