During the short run, a firm has enough time to adjust:

a. its technology.
b. its fixed inputs.
c. its variable inputs.
d. all of its inputs-both fixed and variable.


c

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Suppose the Canadian government's budget is G = $200 and T = $100 while the U.S. government's budget is G = $800 and T = $800 . We can conclude that

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