Labor is the only input used by a perfectly competitive firm. It hires workers f
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Labor is the only input used by a perfectly competitive firm. It hires workers for $50 a day. The firm's production function is as shown in the following Table.
DAYS OF LABOR
UNITS OF DAILY OUTPUT
MARGINAL PRODUCT OF LABOR
VALUE OF THE MARGINAL PRODUCT
0
0
1
7
2
13
3
19
4
45
5
28
6
29
Complete the table to show the marginal product of labor and the value of the marginal product of labor.
How many days of labor should the firm hire? Explain.
Describe the factors of production. What are the returns to these factors (their price)? Describe the marginal products of each factor and how the value of the marginal product of each factor is determined.
Describe the process by which the market for capital and the market for labor reach equilibrium. What happens to each if demand for the final product were to increase? Why?
Do consumers play a role in perpetuating discrimination in labor markets? If so, how? If not, explain the reasoning for your answer.
Explain the concept of diminishing marginal utility. Since all goods are scarce, does diminishing marginal utility contradict the statement that individuals always want more of all goods?
Describe each of the four properties of indifference curves.
Describe and explain the budget constraint. How does a consumer maximize utility under a given budget constraint? How do consumers know if they are not maximizing utility?
Explain what is meant by "asymmetric information." Identify and explain the two basic types of problems that arise when there is asymmetric information.
Explain the Condorcet Paradox, the failure of majority rule to produce transitive preferences for society. Explain Arrow
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Till 4 days of labor
Ans 2. Factors of productions are inputs used in the production process, these are land, labor, capital and entreprenuership. The returns are of three types:
Ans. 6 The properties of IC are:
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Days of Labor Daily Output Marginal Product of Labor Value of the Marginal Product (Price*Marginal Product of Labor) P=$50 0 0 0 0 1 7 7 350 2 13 6 300 3 19 6 300 4 45 26 1300 5 28 -17 -850 6 29 1 -50Related Questions
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