Mara's analytics firm, Python and Potato, has the following Cobb-Douglas production function: q K"L® where a,...
A firm has a Cobb-Douglas production function of Q = K^(0.25) L^(0.75) (a) Does this production technology exhibit increasing, constant, or decreasing returns to scale? (b) Suppose that the rental rate of capital is r = 1, the wage rate is w = 1, and the ?rm wants to produce Q = 3. In the long-run, what combination of L and K should they use? (It would be good to practice doing this with the Lagrangian, even if you can...
A firm has a Cobb-Douglas production function q = AKL, where K denotes capital, L is labor, and A, a, b, are constants. ginal returns to labor in the short run if its production function is 1. Sketch an isoquant line, write a mathematical formula for its slope, and provide an interpretation for its meaning. 2. On a separate graph, draw an isocost line, write a mathematical formula for its slope, and provide an interpretation for its meaning. 3. On...
suppose a firm has a cobb-douglas weekly production function q=f(l,k)=25l^.5k^.5, where l is the number of workers and k is units of capital.mrtslk is k/l. the wage rate is $900 per week, and a unit of capital costs $400 per week. what is the least cost input combination for producing 675 units of output?
suppose a firm has a cobb-douglas weekly production function q=f(l,k)=25l^.5k^.5, where l is the number of workers and k is units of capital.mrtslk is k/l. the wage rate is $900 per week, and a unit of capital costs $400 per week. assuming no fixed cost, what is the firm's total cost of production if it uses least-cost input combination to produce 675 units of output?
2. For the following Cobb-Douglas production function, q = f(L,K) = _0.45 0.7 a. Derive expressions for marginal product of labor and marginal product of capital, MP, and MPK. b. Derive the expression for marginal rate of technical substitution, MRTS. C. Does this production function display constant, increasing, or decreasing returns to scale? Why? d. By how much would output increase if the firm increased each input by 50%?
6. a) Consider the following Cobb-Douglas production function: Q AK°L where Q output, K labour, L labour Express the above function in a logarithmic form
An economy has a Cobb Douglas production function, given by: a, (1-a) (1) YAK L Where Yis equal to total production, K is equal to the capital input of production and L is equal to the labour input of production. The constant, A, represents technology in the economy and a the elasticity of capital. function exhibits, decreasing, increasing or constant returns to scale. [ 10 Marks A2. Carefully derive the marginal product of labour and explain how this might be...
AL K, where 0< a< 1, Consider a Cobb-Douglas production function Q(A, L, K) 0B1 and A> 0. If A, K and L are functions of time t, obtain an expression for _ Use 1 dQ this to express the proportional growth rate of output, , in terms of the rate of growth of A, K and L. (14 marks) AL K, where 0
Consider the Cobb-Douglas production function Q = 6 L^½ K^½ and cost function C = 3L + 12K. a. Optimize labor usage in the short run if the firm has 9 units of capital and the product price is $3. b. Show how you can calculate the short run average total cost for this level of labor usage? c. Determine “MP per dollar” for each input and explain what the comparative numbers tell in terms of the amount of labor...
SHOW ALL WORK!!! 2. For the following Cobb-Douglas production function, q=f(L,K) = _0.45 0.7 a. Derive expressions for marginal product of labor and marginal product of capital, MP, and MPK. b. Derive the expression for marginal rate of technical substitution, MRTS. C. Does this production function display constant, increasing, or decreasing returns to scale? Why? d. By how much would output increase if the firm increased each input by 50%?