alleryStart learning →What explains the bowed-out shape of the production possibilities frontier?
ARising opportunity cost
BFalling input prices
CA fixed money supply
DConstant technology
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Rising opportunity cost
The opportunity cost of one more unit of a good rises as society makes more of it, bowing the frontier outward.
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