Mike's Pretzels employs labor at a wage rate of $8 per hour and rents capital for $20 per hour. At its current level of labor and capital, the marginal product of labor is 24 and the marginal product of capital is 55
Is the firm currently maximizing profit? Explain.
No, the firm is not currently maximizing profit. The firm should hire labor and capital such that MPL/PL is equal to MPK/PK. In this case, MPL/PL (3) is greater than MPK/PK (2.75). Thus, the firm should hire more labor (which would lower MPL) and less capital (which would raise MPK).
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A) depends on the quantity of fruit drinks consumed. B) decreases as he consumes more bags of Fritos. C) decreases as he consumes more fruit drinks. D) equals 75 when he consumes 2 bags of Fritos.
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a. experiences runaway inflation. b. experiences robust GDP growth. c. experiences a huge budget deficit. d. borrows to cover the difference between production and spending. e. lends to cover the difference between production and spending.
In some industries, like insurance, both small and very large firms coexist and compete quite effectively in the market. This indicates that the long-run average total cost curve in these industries
a. is "U" shaped. b. is downward sloping over all levels of output. c. exhibits constant returns to scale over a wide range of output. d. exhibits diseconomies of scale beginning at a low rate of output.
The majority of payments made by the federal government are for
A. transfer payments. B. administrative expenses. C. foreign aid. D. defense purchases.