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QUESTION 5 A local chain of sandwich shops sells sandwiches in a competitive market at $5.22...
QUESTION 5 The marginal product for labor is given (MP) = 3 – 0.02*L; price of...
QUESTION 5 The marginal product for labor is given (MP) = 3 – 0.02*L; price of the product is $100 and wage = 200. Based on information above, the marginal product of labor at the optimal level of employment is $3 $2 $1.5 $1 2 points QUESTION 6 If the labor elasticity of output is 0.5 and the capital elasticity of output is 0.9, then the production function exhibits constant returns to scale. economies of scale. diseconomies of scale. diminishing...
Labour Demand with Monopsony in the Labour Market and Perfect Competition in the Output Market in...
Labour Demand with Monopsony in the Labour Market and Perfect Competition in the Output Market in Short Run. Suppose a monopsony has a production function Q = 2L. The firm sells its output in a perfectly competitive market at a price of $200 and its market supply of labor is w=20L. a. Determine the profit-maximizing level of employment and wage offered by the firm. b. Make a diagram. Explain why Marginal Cost of Labour increases at a faster rate than...
In positive economic models of the labor market, it is assumed that workers maximize utility (happiness)....
In positive economic models of the labor market, it is assumed that workers maximize utility (happiness). firms maximize profits. resources are scarce. all of these are true. 2 points QUESTION 13 Because of the principle of __________, marginal product of labor decreases as labor increases. economies of scale. diseconomies of scale. diminishing returns. constant returns to scale. 2 points QUESTION 14 The unemployment rate is computed as the number of employed divided labor force. the number of unemployed...
Suppose a firm purchases labor in a competitive labor market and sells its product in a...
Suppose a firm purchases labor in a competitive labor market and sells its product in a competitive product market. The firm's elasticity of demand for labor is -0.4. Suppose the wage increases by 5 percent. What will happen to the amount of labor hired by the firm? What will happen to the marginal productivity of the last worer hired by the firm?
Gopher Excavators produces shovels in a small factory and sells the shovels in a competitive market....
Gopher Excavators produces shovels in a small factory and sells the shovels in a competitive market. The following table shows the company's production function: Labor (Number of workers) 0 Output (Shovels) 0 90 2. 175 3 245 4 300 325 S Use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot the production function for Gopher Excavators on the following graph. . Use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot the production function for Gopher Excavators on the following graph. 400 350...
Consider a competitive firm that produces bots. Labor (L) and capital (K) are the only two...
Consider a competitive firm that produces bots. Labor (L) and capital (K) are the only two inputs of production; each unit of labor is paid the market wage (w), and each unit of capital is rented at the rental price of capital (r). Output (Y) is therefore a function of labor and capital, or Y = f (K, L), and is sold at the market price (P). The goal of this firm is to maximize profit given the price of...
Leadbelly Co. Sells pencils in a perfectly competitive product market and hires in a perfectly competitive...
Leadbelly Co. Sells pencils in a perfectly competitive product
market and hires in a perfectly competitive labor market. assume
that the market wage rate for workers is $150 per day.
A.
What rule should Leadbelly follow to hire the profit-maximizing
amount of labor?
B.
At the profit-maximizing level of output, the marginal product of
the last work or hired is 30 boxes of pencils per day. Calculate
the Price of a box of pencils.
C.
Draw a diagram of the...
You are an efficiency expert hired by a manufacturing firm that uses K and L as...
You are an efficiency expert hired by a manufacturing firm that uses K and L as inputs. The firm produces and sells a given output. If w (price of labor) = $40, r (price of capital) = $100, MPL = 20, and MPK = 40 is the firm minimizing cost? Please explain and show any calculations. (b) The production function for a competitive firm is Q = K0.5L0.5. The firm sells its output at a price of $10 and can...
Question 13 2.5 points Save Answer A wholmer sols wheat in a perfectly competitive market and...
Question 13 2.5 points Save Answer A wholmer sols wheat in a perfectly competitive market and hires labor in a perfectly competitive m marginal product of the fifth workers 10 bushes. What would you advise this former to do? et. The market price of what is $2 a bushel the wage rate is $10, the former employs five workers and the Do noting because the wage rate and the marginal product of the last worker hired are equal Raduce m...
QUESTION 9 In a perfectly competitive labor market with freely adjusting hours, what is the value...
QUESTION 9 In a perfectly competitive labor market with freely adjusting hours, what is the value of an hour? a. more than the hourly wage b. the hourly wage c. less than the hourly wage d. the value of additional health benefits received at work QUESTION 10 The value of an input in its next best use is the: a. opportunity cost. b.explicit cost. C. marginal benefit. d. cost-benefit ratio. QUESTION 11 A good for which the price is set...
Labour Demand with Monopsony in the Labour Market and Perfect Competition in the Output Market in Short Run. Suppose a monopsony has a production function Q = 2L. The firm sells its output in a perfectly competitive market at a price of $200 and its market supply of labor is w=20L. a. Determine the profit-maximizing level of employment and wage offered by the firm. b. Make a diagram. Explain why Marginal Cost of Labour increases at a faster rate than...
Gopher Excavators produces shovels in a small factory and sells the shovels in a competitive market. The following table shows the company's production function: Labor (Number of workers) 0 Output (Shovels) 0 90 2. 175 3 245 4 300 325 S Use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot the production function for Gopher Excavators on the following graph. . Use the blue points (circle symbol) to plot the production function for Gopher Excavators on the following graph. 400 350...
Consider a competitive firm that produces bots. Labor (L) and capital (K) are the only two inputs of production; each unit of labor is paid the market wage (w), and each unit of capital is rented at the rental price of capital (r). Output (Y) is therefore a function of labor and capital, or Y = f (K, L), and is sold at the market price (P). The goal of this firm is to maximize profit given the price of...
Leadbelly Co. Sells pencils in a perfectly competitive product
market and hires in a perfectly competitive labor market. assume
that the market wage rate for workers is $150 per day.
A.
What rule should Leadbelly follow to hire the profit-maximizing
amount of labor?
B.
At the profit-maximizing level of output, the marginal product of
the last work or hired is 30 boxes of pencils per day. Calculate
the Price of a box of pencils.
C.
Draw a diagram of the...
Question 13 2.5 points Save Answer A wholmer sols wheat in a perfectly competitive market and hires labor in a perfectly competitive m marginal product of the fifth workers 10 bushes. What would you advise this former to do? et. The market price of what is $2 a bushel the wage rate is $10, the former employs five workers and the Do noting because the wage rate and the marginal product of the last worker hired are equal Raduce m...
QUESTION 9 In a perfectly competitive labor market with freely adjusting hours, what is the value of an hour? a. more than the hourly wage b. the hourly wage c. less than the hourly wage d. the value of additional health benefits received at work QUESTION 10 The value of an input in its next best use is the: a. opportunity cost. b.explicit cost. C. marginal benefit. d. cost-benefit ratio. QUESTION 11 A good for which the price is set...
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