The Effort Curve Is

question 43

Multiple Choice

The effort curve is

• A)horizontal,because work effort is independent of the real wage.
• B)negatively sloped,because of diminishing marginal returns to labor.
• C)positively sloped,because of the law of increasing cost.
• D)s-shaped,because a small increase in the real wage will increase work effort more at an intermediate wage than at a low wage or at a high wage.

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