________-term forecasts are more valuable if a firm's demand changes very frequently and changes in the firm's output level have a ________ effect on its marginal cost.

A) Long; small
B) Short; large
C) Long; large
D) Short; small


D) Short; small

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A. inflationary pressures. B. economic growth. C. business cycles. D. bulls and bears.

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A) a country trades in manufactured goods with countries having similar per capita incomes. B) a country focuses on producing a good more efficiently than another nation. C) countries produce and export goods that required resources that were in great supply. D) countries promote a combination of protectionist policies and restrictions and domestic-industry subsidies. E) countries import goods that required resources that were in short supply.

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