Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781259813337
Author: KARLAN, Dean S., Morduch, Jonathan
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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To find the number of units of sweater that the person would sell.
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(a) Derive the first order condition showing how much labor and capital a producer should use to minimize the total costs of producing a given level of output.
(b) What is the second order condition for the producer to achieve (a).
(c) Draw a figure showing your answer to part (a) and another figure showing the opposite (i.e., a producer maximizing output with given total costs). How does either situation compare with a producer who has neither a total output constraint or a total cost constraint?
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