Microeconomics: Principles, Applications, and Tools (8th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0-13294-886-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-13294-886-9

Chapter 4 - Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium - Exercises - 4.2 The Supply Curve - Page 92: 2.9b

Answer

higher

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A new supplier will have a higher marginal cost because of the need to invest in the means of production that existing suppliers already have.
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