The substitution effect indicates that a profit-seeking firm will use:

A. more of an input whose price has fallen and less of other inputs in producing a given
output.
B. more of all inputs if production costs fall.
C. more of those inputs whose marginal productivity is the greatest.
D. less of an input whose price has fallen and more of other inputs in producing a given
output.


Answer: A

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