When there are economies of scope between products, selling off an unprofitable subsidiary could lead to

  • Only a minor reduction in costs

When there are economies of scope between two products which are separately produced by two firms, merging into a single firm can

  • Accomplish a reduction in costs
Cost complementary exits in a multi-product cost function when
  • The marginal cost of producing one output is reduced when the output of another product is increased

If the price of labor increases, in order to minimize the costs of producing a given level of output, the firm manager should use

  • Less of labor and more of capital

If the marginal product per dollar spent on capital is less than the marginal product per dollar spent on labor, then in order to minimize costs the firm should use

  • Less capital and more labor
Whenever an isoquant exhibits a diminishing marginal rate of technical substitution, the corresponding isoquants are
  • Convex to the origin