To maximize overall profit in peak-load pricing, managers must determine ________ capacity that maximizes ________ season profit.

A) long-run; peak-
B) short-run; peak-
C) long-run; off-peak
D) short-run; off-peak


A) long-run; peak-

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The value of the productive capacity of the assets of an economy, measured by the goods and services it can produce both now and in the future rather than by the money prices of the assets, is called:

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