Diminishing marginal returns lead to diminishing returns
A) when marginal returns fall but remain positive.
B) only in theory.
C) when marginal returns become negative.
D) when labor exceeds capital.
C
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Suppose the price of capital and labor remain constant but that the average educational level of workers has increased and therefore, productivity of labor increases. This would lead a firm
A) to adopt a more capital-intensive production technology. B) to keep its output and production technology unchanged, but to use fewer units of labor. C) to adopt a more labor-intensive technology. D) to use only labor to produce the product.
The income elasticity for most staple foods, such as wheat, is known to be between zero and one
a. As incomes rise over time, what will happen to the demand for wheat? b. What will happen to the quantity of wheat purchased by consumers? c. What will happen to the percentage of their budgets that consumers spend on wheat? d. All other things equal, are farmers likely to be relatively better off or relatively worse off in periods of rising incomes?