The notion that when the price of an input falls, a firm's marginal cost curve shifts down and overall production increases so that more of every input is employed is known as

a. the output effect.
b. the substitution effect.
c. the input effect.
d. the cost effect.


a

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A) changes in the stock of real wealth held by individuals. B) the effect of changing interest rates on the quantity demanded of interest-rate-sensitive goods. C) the availability of foreign substitute goods. D) the presence of unused production capacity and unemployment.

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a. True b. False

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a. diseconomies of scale because total cost is rising as output rises. b. diseconomies of scale because average total cost is rising as output rises. c. economies of scale because total cost is rising as output rises. d. economies of scale because average total cost is falling as output rises.

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