Bundle: Essentials Of Economics, 8th + Mindtap Economics, 1 Term (6 Months) Printed Access Card
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ISBN: 9781337378833
Author: N. Gregory Mankiw
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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An economy's production possibilities frontier is fixed in the long run.
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Consider a Production Possibility Frontier that bows outward. Suppose the production of one good increases. As a result opportunity cost of producing this good will __________ because productive resources ___________________ in their suitability for producing different kinds of goods.
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