If a Firm in a Competitive Labor Market Offers Less

question 15

Multiple Choice

If a firm in a competitive labor market offers less than the market wage rate if it will

• A) be able to attract a large number of employees because the marginal revenue product is low.
• B) find that it has broken a federal wage law.
• C) attract too few employees.
• D) find that the supply is greater than the demand.

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Definitions:

Poverty Rate

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