Suppose two goods (X and Y ) are being produced efficiently and that the production of X is always more labor intensive than the production of Y. Production depends only on two factors (capital and labor); these may be smoothly substituted for each other. The total quantities of these inputs are fixed. An increase in the production of X and a decrease in the production of Y will
a. increase the capital-labor ratio in each firm.
b. decrease the capital-labor ratio in each firm.
c. leave the capital-labor ratio for each firm unchanged.
d. increase the capital-labor ratio in Y production and decrease the capital-labor ratio in X production.
a
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