Multiple Choice
Assume the price of capital doubles and, as a result, firms make no change in the relative quantities of capital and labor they employ. This implies that
A) labor is not readily substitutable for capital.
B) the law of diminishing returns is not applicable.
C) the firms are producing an inferior good.
D) the demand for capital is highly price elastic.
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