model of a firm that produces final goods using R&D and components as inputs, with cost data as follows:Assembly: Total cost of production = PAQA = 400Earnings of High-Skilled Labor = WHHA = 100Earnings of Low-Skilled Labor = WLLA = 200Earnings of Capital = RKA = 100R&D: Total cost of production = PRQR = 400Earnings of High-Skilled Labor = WHHR = 175Earnings of Low-Skilled Labor = WLLR = 125Earnings of Capital = RKR = 100A) In which factor(s) is assembly intensive? In which factor(s) is R&D intensive?B) Suppose that due to the opening of trade, the price of assembly falls by ∆PA/PA = −20%, the price of R&D remains unchanged, ∆PR/PR = 0%, and capital’s share earnings remains constant.C) What has happened to the relative wage of high-skilled/low-skilled labor? Does this match the predictions of the offshoring model?

model of a firm that produces final goods using R&D and components as inputs, with cost data as follows:Assembly: Total cost of production = PAQA = 400Earnings of High-Skilled Labor = WHHA = 100Earnings of Low-Skilled Labor = WLLA = 200Earnings of Capital = RKA = 100R&D: Total cost of production = PRQR = 400Earnings of High-Skilled Labor = WHHR = 175Earnings of Low-Skilled Labor = WLLR = 125Earnings of Capital = RKR = 100A) In which factor(s) is assembly intensive? In which factor(s) is R&D intensive?B) Suppose that due to the opening of trade, the price of assembly falls by ∆PA/PA = −20%, the price of R&D remains unchanged, ∆PR/PR = 0%, and capital’s share earnings remains constant.C) What has happened to the relative wage of high-skilled/low-skilled labor? Does this match the predictions of the offshoring model?

Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781305506381

Author:James R. McGuigan, R. Charles Moyer, Frederick H.deB. Harris

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Chapter7: Production Economics

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