An improvement in technology would cause each of the isoquants in a firm's isoquant map to shift out away from the origin

Between 1960 and 2011,

A) the male labor force participation rate decreased rapidly, the female labor force participation rate decreased slowly, and the two rates are now equal. B) the male labor force participation rate decreased and the female labor force participation rate increased. C) both the male and female labor force participation rates increased. D) both the male and female labor force participation rates decreased slowly. E) the male labor force participation rate did not change and the female labor force participation rate increased.

In the dominant firm model, the smaller fringe firms behave like:

A) competitive firms. B) Cournot firms. C) Stackelberg firms. D) Bertrand firms. E) monopolists.