If the Long-Run Average Total Cost Curve for a Firm

question 383

Multiple Choice

If the long-run average total cost curve for a firm is horizontal in the relevant range of production, then it indicates that there

• A)is a minimum efficient scale.
• B)are constant returns to scale.
• C)are diseconomies of scale.
• D)are economies of scale.

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