If the production technology has increasing returns to scale, short run marginal cost curves must be downward sloping.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

Rationale: Increasing returns to scale is consistent with either increasing or diminishing marginal product of capital -- which in turn determines whether the short run marginal costs slope up or down.

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