If a USCompany Operates Within a Competitive Environment and Chooses to Offshore

question 24

Multiple Choice

If a U.S.company operates within a competitive environment and chooses to offshore part of its production process,the resulting change in the firm's costs should shift the ______________ curve for its product ___________________,thus _____________ the price of the product being produced.

• A) supply; leftward; lowering
• B) supply; rightward; raising
• C) demand rightward; raising
• D) supply; rightward; lowering

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