According to the efficiency wage model, firms tend to pay workers

A) the market-clearing wage that efficiently equates labor supplied and demanded.
B) in excess of the market-clearing wage to provide an incentive for productivity and efficiency.
C) less than the market-clearing wage to assure themselves a pool of workers ready to replace workers who quit.
D) less than the market-clearing wage to minimize labor cost per unit of production.


B

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A. TU = MU. B. MU = P. C. TU = P. D. MU = 0.

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A. a + b + c + d + e

B. f + g + h

C. a + b + c

D. d + e

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