If the production technology in a Robinson Crusoe economy has increasing returns to scale, there is no production/consumption plan that is efficient.

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


False

Rationale:

There is still an efficient point -- example below. It is just no longer possible to implement this as a competitive equilibrium.

Economics

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In an economy where the poorest quintile of the population receives 5 percent of the income, the Lorenz curve:

a. is the diagonal of the box. b. lies below the diagonal in the box. c. lies above the diagonal in the box. d. is the lower right corner of the box. e. is the upper left corner of the box.

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Why does the wage gap between average wages for men and women exist?

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Economics

Copyrights and trademarks are examples of:

A. capital goods. B. human capital. C. property rights. D. public goods.

Economics