Jess owns a firm that uses labour (L) and capital (C) to sell widgets (X), according to the following production function: X = F(L,C) = ln(L) + ln(C) Jesse buys her factors and sells her output in perfectly competitive markets. The market prices for L, C and W are a, r and p, respectively. What is the firm’s profit function. What is the firm's marginal product of labour , marginal product of capital and marginal rate of technical substitution Does the firm exhibit a diminishing marginal product of capital?

Jess owns a firm that uses labour (L) and capital (C) to sell widgets (X), according to the following production function: X = F(L,C) = ln(L) + ln(C) Jesse buys her factors and sells her output in perfectly competitive markets. The market prices for L, C and W are a, r and p, respectively. What is the firm’s profit function. What is the firm's marginal product of labour , marginal product of capital and marginal rate of technical substitution Does the firm exhibit a diminishing marginal product of capital?

Microeconomic Theory

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Chapter11: Profit Maximization

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Problem 11.3P

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