The above figure shows the costs at Barney's Bagel Bakery. For which of the following levels of output does the marginal product of labor exceed the average product of labor?

The national concentration ratio

A) underestimates concentration for both the newspaper and the automobile industries. B) overestimates concentration for both the newspaper and the automobile industries. C) underestimates concentration for the newspaper industry and overestimates it for the automobile industry. D) overestimates concentration for the newspaper industry and underestimates it for the automobile industry.

In effect, the U.S. does subsidize high-tech firms by subsidizing R&D. This is done through

A) the budget of the Department of Education. B) systematic protection through the levying of tariffs. C) systematic protection through the establishment of NTBs. D) relatively accelerated "depreciation" of R&D investment in the Federal tax codes. E) subsidies for high-tech firms.