Question
When there is an improvement in technology, holding everything else constant:
  1. The production possibilities frontier shifts inward.
  2. The production possibilities frontier shifts upward.
  3. The production possibilities frontier remains the same.
  4. The production possibilities frontier shifts downwards.

Answer

  1. The production possibilities frontier shifts upward.

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