The labor demand curve of an imperfectly competitive seller is downward sloping

A. solely because of diminishing marginal utility.
B. solely because of diminishing returns.
C. because of both diminishing returns and the necessity to lower price to sell more output.
D. solely because product price must be reduced to sell more output.


Answer: C

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