A constant-cost industry
A. is one in which an increase in demand is matched by a proportional increases in long-run supply.
B. has a downward sloping long-run supply curve.
C. generates increasing profits whenever demand increases because the new long-run equilibrium price is above the old price even though average costs have not changed.
D. has a horizontal long-run supply curve.
Answer: D
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