If a Firm Doubles Its Resource Inputs and as a Result

question 158

True/False

If a firm doubles its resource inputs and as a result output triples, then the long-run average cost curve must be upward-sloping.

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Definitions:

Price Discriminate

Price discrimination is the practice of selling the same product or service at different prices to different customers, often based on willingness to pay, without a corresponding cost difference.

Complementary Demand

Refers to products or services for which the demand increases or decreases together because they are used together, like smartphones and data plans.

Double Markup

A pricing strategy where a product is marked up twice before it reaches the final consumer: first by the wholesaler then by the retailer, leading to a higher final price.

Upstream Firms

Companies involved in the early stages of production or supply chain, such as raw material extraction or initial processing, before manufacturing.