The long-run supply curve under pure competition will be:

A. upsloping in an increasing-cost industry and vertical in a constant-cost industry.
B. downsloping in a decreasing-cost industry and upsloping in an increasing-cost industry.
C. horizontal in a constant-cost industry and downsloping in an increasing-cost industry.
D. vertical in a constant-cost industry and upsloping in a decreasing-cost industry.


Answer: B

Economics

You might also like to view...

Refer to the figure below. In the figure, a business cycle trough is shown by which point(s)?

A. D only B. B and D C. A and C and E D. A only

Economics

In part, an antitrust laws

A) provide for strict product liability. B) prohibit charging prices that customers think are too high. C) require firms with profits to pay dividends. D) prohibit monopolistic practices.

Economics

The volume of loans that the Fed makes to banks is affected by the Fed's setting of the interest rate on these loans, called the

A) federal funds rate. B) prime rate. C) discount rate. D) interbank rate.

Economics

Constant returns to scale in a production function imply that doubling both capital and labor will also double output.

a. true b. false

Economics