When running a small business, decisions must be made to help ensure profit maximization and continued success. Understanding some of the basic economic principles at work behind the scenes can help ...

1. Since long-run economic profits for a competitive firm are always zero, it will never pay acompetitive firm to adopt a cost reducing innovation. 2. If a lump sum tax is placed on firms in a ...

1. Textbook problems # 2, 5, 7, 8 from Chapter 8. Textbook problems # 9, 10, 11 from Chapter 9. 2. True/ False Questions. 1. Since long-run economic profits for a competitive firm are always zero, it ...