Suppose a firm has production function F(XL)=VK+2, denotes labor. What are the marginal products of capital...
1.(4 pt) Suppose the economy has the following production function: F(K,H,L)=KαHβLγ where K, H, L denotes as the amount of physical capital, the amount of human capital (e.g. experiences, knowledge, the amount of school years), and the amount of labor, respectively. In terms of ∝, β and γ, under what condition such that this production function exhibit constant return to scale (2 pt)? Under what condition such that this production function exhibit increasing return to scale? (2pt)?
Acme produces anvils using labor (L) and capital (K) according to the production function Q= f(L,K)=LK with associated marginal products MPL=K, MPK =L. The price of labor is w=2 and the price of capital is r=1. Does Acme's production function for anvils exhibit increasing, constant or decreasing returns to scale? Justify your answer
1. Consider the production function ?(?, ?) = (?1/2 + ?1/2)2/3 , where L denotes labor and K capital. This production function exhibits A. constant returns to scale. C. decreasing returns to scale. D. increasing returns to scale.
1. A production function is given by f(K, L) = L/2+ v K. Given this form, MPL = 1/2 and MPK-2 K (a) Are there constant returns to scale, decreasing returns to scale, or increasing returns to scale? (b) In the short run, capital is fixed at -4 while labor is variable. On the same graph, draw the 2. A production function is f(LK)-(L" + Ka)", where a > 0 and b > 0, For what values of a and...
Suppose a firm has a production function given by Q=2K+L, where L is labor, K is capital and Q is the quantity of output. Which of the following statements is WRONG? A. The firm is exhibiting constant returns to scale B. The firm’s marginal product of capital is constant C. The firm’s marginal product of labor is constant D. The firm’s marginal rate of technical substitution depends on the amount of inputs
2. Suppose the production function of a firm is given by q=L1/4K2/4. The prices of labor and capital are given by w = $9 and r= $18, respectively. a) Write down the firm cost minimization formally. b) What returns to scale does the production function exhibit? Explain. c) What is the Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution (MRTS) between capital and labor? d) What is the optimal capital to labor ratio? Show your work.
Part 2: Short answer questions Question 1 (4 points): A sausage firm has a production function of the form: q = 5LK+K+L where q is units per day, L is units of labor input and K is units of capital output. The marginal product of the two inputs are: MPL = 5K+1, MPK = 5L +1. Price per unit of labor: w= $15, price per unit of capital: v= $15. Both labor and capital are variable. a. Write down the...
A firm has the production function Q= 4LK. The marginal products are given by MPL = 4K and MPK= 4L. Suppose that the prices of labour and capital are given by w and r. Solve for the quantities of L and K that minimize the cost of producing Q units of output. Provide an expression for the long run total cost function. What returns to scale are exhibited by this production function? What economies of scale are exhibited? Show the...
9. Suppose the firm's production function is given by f(K,L) = min (Kº,L"} (a) For what values of a will the firm exhibit decreasing returns to scale? Constant returns to scale? Increasing returns to scale? (b) Derive the long-run cost function and the optimal input choices. (c) Suppose the capital is fixed at K = 10,000 and a = 1. Assuming that the firm wants to produce less than 100 units, derive 10. Consider the production function: f(K,L)=KLI. Let w...
8. Consider the production function Q = (-1/2 + K1/2)2/3, where L denotes labor and K denotes capital. How many of the following statements are true for this production function? • Production exhibits increasing returns to scale. • For each additional unit of labor, the firm must give up decreasing amounts of capital to maintain output. If the firm is currently using 2 units of labor and 8 units of capital, then according to the MRTS it can trade 2...