Which situation is most likely to exhibit diminishing marginal returns to labor?
A) a factory that obtains a new machine for every new worker hired
B) a factory that hires more workers and never increases the amount of machinery
C) a factory that increases the amount of machinery and holds the number of worker constant
D) None of these situations will result in diminishing marginal returns to labor.
B
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. leisure is an inferior good. b. income and substitution effects of higher real wages work in the same direction. c. income and substitution effects of higher real wages may work in opposite directions. d. income and substitution effects may work in opposite directions but that the substitution effect is stronger.