For a Perfectly Competitive Firm, the Value of the Marginal

question 313

Multiple Choice

For a perfectly competitive firm, the value of the marginal product of labor falls as more workers are hired because of the diminishing

• A) output price.
• B) marginal physical product of labor.
• C) price of labor.
• D) marginal cost of production.

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