When There Is Production, a Competitive Equilibrium Is Not Pareto

question 21

True/False

When there is production, a competitive equilibrium is not Pareto optimal unless there are increasing returns to scale.

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Definitions:

Wage Cut

A reduction in the rate of pay received by workers, often implemented by employers to reduce costs or in response to economic conditions.

Marginal Products

The additional output that is produced by employing one more unit of a variable factor of production, holding other inputs constant.

Separating Equilibrium

A situation in economics where different types of market participants can be distinguished based on their actions or decisions.

Pooling Equilibrium

A situation in game theory where different types of players choose the same strategy, making it impossible for observers to differentiate between them based on their actions.