Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781259655500
Author: David C Colander
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 16, Problem 5QAP
(a)
To determine
The behaviour of firms.
(b)
To determine
The way in which uncertainty that firms face encourage firms to use rules of thumb.
(c)
To determine
Explain the rules of thumbs used by the firms in the implications for the economic analysis.
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