In theory, if a profit-maximizing firm in a perfectly competitive labor market found it advantageous to hire one less worker, the firm should pay a

A. higher wage rate to all previous workers hired.
B. lower wage rate but only to the most recently hired workers.
C. lower wage rate to all previous workers hired.
D. higher wage rate but only to the most recently hired workers.

Answer: C

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a. b and c. b. A ratio of percentage changes. c. How easily prices adjust to market changes. d. How price changes as quantities demanded change. e. When consumers will no longer react to price changes.

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