A Perfectly Competitive Industry's Short-Run Supply Curve Is

question 50

Multiple Choice

A perfectly competitive industry's short-run supply curve is

• A) horizontal.
• B) perfectly elastic.
• C) perfectly inelastic.
• D) the upward-sloping portion of the largest firm's marginal cost curve.
• E) the horizontal summation of the supply curve for individual firms.

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