Firms should hire additional units of a resource as long as the

a. marginal product of the resource exceeds the price of the resource multiplied by the quantity of output produced.
b. marginal product of the resource is less than the price of the resource.
c. price of the output produced is positive.
d. marginal revenue product of the resource exceeds the cost of employing an additional unit of the resource.


D

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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If the long-run aggregate supply curve is vertical, fiscal policy will have no effect on output.

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

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