Country A has twice as many workers as Country B. Country A also has twice as much physical capital, twice as much human capital, and access to twice as many natural resources as Country B. Assuming constant-returns to scale, which of the following is higher in Country A?
a. both output per worker and productivity
b. output per worker but not productivity
c. productivity but not output per worker
d. neither productivity nor output per worker
d
Economics
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The research of Gavin Wright (1978) on the antebellum period suggests that
(a) there was no limit on the profitability of the plantation utilizing slave labor. (b) issues with management, communication and discipline limited the profitability of the slave plantation. (c) more than 75 percent of the Southern farms were plantations and utilized slave labor. (d) all of the above.
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