If input prices are constant, a firm with increasing returns to scale can expect
A) costs to double as output doubles.
B) costs to more than double as output doubles.
C) costs to go up less than double as output doubles.
D) to hire more and more labor for a given amount of capital, since marginal product increases.
E) to never reach the point where the marginal product of labor is equal to the wage.
C
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Which of the following statements regarding cartels is not correct?
A) Cartels are sometimes difficult to maintain because a member can cheat by raising its price above the agreed price. B) Cartels restrict industry output in order to raise price. C) Cartels are inherently stable, because oligopolistic firms rarely change price. D) are easier to establish and maintain when the cost functions of the individual members are more similar to one another.
If the price of cotton used in making blue jeans increases, which of the following will occur?
A) There will be a movement along an unchanged supply curve for jeans. B) The supply curve for jeans will shift rightward. C) The supply curve for jeans will shift leftward. D) There will be a rightward shift in the supply curve for jeans, followed by a movement along the supply curve.