The term "bottleneck" refers to

a. when increasing amounts of variable inputs must share a fixed input.
b. "fixity" of some factor of production
c. None of the above
d. Both a and b


d

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What will be an ideal response?

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What will be an ideal response?

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To achieve long-run equilibrium in an economy with a recessionary gap, without the use of stabilization policy, the inflation rate must:

A. not change. B. increase. C. decrease. D. either increase or decrease depending on the relative shifts of AD and AS.

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