The optimal efficiency wage requires
A. firms to pay any wage above the competitive wage.
B. firms to pay the competitive wage.
C. firms to pay fringe benefits.
D. the total product curve to be downward sloping.
E. firms to pay the unique wage above the competitive wage such that the elasticity of output with respect to wages equals one.
Answer: E
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