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According to the marginal productivity theory of income distribution, each resource owner receives income: |
| | A) | equal to the value of her contribution to total output |
| | B) | in proportion to her need |
| | C) | in proportion to the amount of property she inherits |
| | D) | equal to marginal product divided by price |
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To find the amount by which the production of an additional worker increases a purely competitive firm's total revenue: |
| | A) | subtract the wage from marginal product |
| | B) | divide marginal product by the wage rate |
| | C) | subtract marginal cost from marginal revenue |
| | D) | multiply marginal product by product price |
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All else equal, the demand for labor will be most elastic when labor and capital are: |
| | A) | highly substitutable and product demand is elastic |
| | B) | highly substitutable and product demand is inelastic |
| | C) | not easily substituted and product demand is elastic |
| | D) | not easily substituted and product demand is inelastic |
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Compared to an otherwise identical firm selling its output competitively, a firm with monopoly power: |
| | A) | must lower its price to sell additional output, making labor demand more elastic |
| | B) | must lower its price to sell additional output, so MRP declines faster than MP |
| | C) | hires more workers |
| | D) | must pay a higher wage |
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Use the following diagram to answer the next question.
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Refer to the diagram. Initially, labor demand is given by D1. If labor and capital are complementary inputs, a decrease in the price of capital will cause: |
| | A) | a shift in labor demand to D2 |
| | B) | a shift in labor demand to D3 |
| | C) | either a shift in labor demand to D2 or D3, depending on the relative strengths of the substitution and output effects |
| | D) | a move from a to b along D1 |
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Assume a candle manufacturer is employing two resources L and C in such quantities that the MRPs are $20 and $15, respectively. The prices of the resources are $16 and $12, respectively. This firm: |
| | A) | is using the least-cost combination of resources to produce its output but should use more of both |
| | B) | is using the least-cost combination of resources to produce its output but should use less of both |
| | C) | should use relatively more C |
| | D) | should use relatively more L |
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Suppose hiring an extra worker increases a firm's output from 90 to 100 units per hour. If the firm has to reduce its price from $1 to $.99 to sell the additional output, the marginal revenue product of the last worker is: |
| | A) | $.99 |
| | B) | $9.00 |
| | C) | $9.90 |
| | D) | $10.00 |
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The "derived demand" concept suggests that an increase in the demand for computers will: |
| | A) | increase the demand for computer software |
| | B) | decrease the demand for typewriters |
| | C) | increase the price of computers |
| | D) | increase the demand for computer design engineers |
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Use the data from the following table for the next question. A law firm has discovered the following relationship between the number of junior associates and its total revenue.
Workers | Revenue | 1 | $2000 | 2 | 3800 | 3 | 5400 | 4 | 6800 | 5 | 8000 |
Refer to the data. If the market pay for a junior associate is $1500, the law firm should hire: |
| | A) | 2 associates |
| | B) | 3 associates |
| | C) | 4 associates |
| | D) | 5 associates |
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For a firm that both sells its output and buys its inputs in purely competitive markets, the labor demand curve: |
| | A) | slopes downward and the labor supply curve is perfectly elastic |
| | B) | slopes downward and the labor supply curve is upward sloping |
| | C) | is perfectly elastic and the labor supply curve is upward sloping |
| | D) | is perfectly elastic and the labor supply curve is perfectly inelastic |
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