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Principles of Economics (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781305585126

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter18: The Markets For The Factor Of Production

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4. Assume that a country produces wine and cheese with Leontief technology that uses labour and land as inputs. Production of one unit of wine requires 10 units of labour and 5 units of land, while production of cheese requires 4 units of labour and 8 units of land. Assume that on perfectly competitive market unit of wine is sold for 30$, while unit of cheese for 16$. (a) Write and draw the lines of marginal costs for wine and cheese. Calculate equilibrium wages and land rent. (b) What will happen to factor rewards when the price of cheese increases to 24$ per unit? Use appropriate theorem to predict the change and then show it graphically and calculate. (c) How does this change influence purchasing power of workers and landowners?

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