onsider a fishery with the following production function where L is the number of fishermen and TP (total product) is the total number of fish caught among all fishermen.  (And assume they are divided equally among the fishermen.) L             1              2               3               4                5                6               7                8              9                  10 TP         18          34            48            60             70              78              84               88               90                90 The price of fish is $3 and the wage of a fisherman is $36. a. If the fishery is private property, how many fishermen will the owner hire? [1] b. If the fishery is common property, how many people will come to fish? [2] (Assume people fish as a job and not for recreation here.) c. What is the efficient number of fishermen? [3]

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Consider a fishery with the following production function where L is the number of fishermen and TP (total product) is the total number of fish caught among all fishermen.  (And assume they are divided equally among the fishermen.)

L             1              2               3               4                5                6               7                8              9                  10

TP         18          34            48            60             70              78              84               88               90                90

The price of fish is $3 and the wage of a fisherman is $36.

a. If the fishery is private property, how many fishermen will the owner hire? [1]

b. If the fishery is common property, how many people will come to fish? [2] (Assume people fish as a job and not for recreation here.)

c. What is the efficient number of fishermen? [3]

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