Macroeconomics
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Author: ABEL, Andrew B., BERNANKE, Ben, CROUSHORE, Dean Darrell
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Chapter 3, Problem 2NP
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To determine
Graphical relationship between output and capital, keeping labor constant at given current value. MPK and its returns to scale.
(b)
To determine
Graphical relationship between output and labor, keeping capital constant at given current value. MPL and its returns to scale.
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