An Industry That Has Increasing Returns to Scale and Fixed

question 134

Multiple Choice

An industry that has increasing returns to scale and fixed factor prices will have a long-run supply curve that is

• A) vertical.
• B) horizontal.
• C) upward-sloping.
• D) downward-sloping.

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