Decreasing marginal returns occur in the short run as more labor is hired to work in a fixed sized plant because
A) less efficient and less productive workers are hired.
B) adding more workers exhausts the possible gains from specialization.
C) the entrepreneur does not know how to manage more workers.
D) each worker will produce more than the worker previously hired.
E) the plant becomes less specialized.
B
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A firm's resource at a given point in time can be defined as:
a. those investments made by it in profitable organizations. b. those tangible and intangible assets attached to it semipermanently. c. its ability to control the market price. d. its lobbying ability built over years of experience.
The concept of marginality is important in economics because
A) individuals make decisions at the margin. B) marginal decisions indicate a lack of importance. C) individuals make decisions based on tastes only. D) large expenditures are the only factor influencing consumption.