Suppose each worker must use only one shovel to dig a trench, and shovels are useless by themselves. In the short run, an increase in the price of shovels will result in

A) fewer shovels being purchased.
B) more workers being hired.
C) a decrease in the firm's output.
D) no change in the firm's output.


D

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Contractionary fiscal policy in the United States will increase the Japanese trade surplus.

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

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A) a long-run production function. B) a long-run marginal cost curve. C) a minimum efficient scale curve. D) a long-run average total cost curve.

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