For resources with upward-sloping supply curves:

a. earnings consist solely of economic rent.
b. earnings consist of both transfer earnings and economic rent.
c. earnings are called transfer earnings.
d. earnings are called dividends.
e. earnings consist entirely of interest payments.


b

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