A. the wage, the rental price of capital and the rental price of land are all equal
B. the marginal product of labor equals zero and the production function is maximized
C. the value of the marginal product of labor equals the wage
D. the marginal product of labor equals the wage
Related Mcqs:
- For a competitive profit-maximizing firm, the value-of-the-marginal-product curve for capital is the firm’s ?
A. supply curve of capital
B. demand curve for capital
C. production function
D. marginal cost curve - A profit-maximizing firm will hire labour until _____ equals the _______?
A. marginal revenue, marginal cost
B. long run marginal revenue, long run marginal cost
C. labor output ratio, capital output ratio
D. marginal cost of labor, marginal revenue product - A firm in perfectly competitive industry is producing 50 units, its profit-maximising quantity. Industry price is £2 and total fixed costs and total variable cost are £25 and £40 respectively. The firm’s economic profit is ?
A. £35
B. £15
C. £30
D. £60 - If both input and output markets are competitive and firms are profit maximizing, then in equilibrium each factor of production earns ?
A. an amount equal to the price of output times total output
B. the amount allocated by the political process
C. an equal share of output
D. the value of its marginal product - A profit maximizing firm is perfect competition produces where ?
A. Total revenue is maximized
B. Marginal revenue equals zero
C. Marginal revenue equals marginal cost
D. Marginal revenue equals average cost - The traditional profit-maximizing theory of the firm has been criticized by some economists because ?
A. firms do not know how to maximize profits.
B. firms have other aims
C. it does not explain monopolistic competition
D. Both the first and second option - If a competitive firm is producing a level of output where marginal revenue exceeds marginal cost the firm could increase profit if it ?
A. decreased production
B. maintained production at the current level
C. temporarily shut down.
D. increased production - If a firm were to bid to do a turnkey operation where they would choose a building site designing a cement factory to build the plant hire construction crews assemble materials and equipment to run the new factory and turn over the finished factory ready to operate to the owners the firm would be using which of the following ?
A. Core Process products selling
B. Design Products selling
C. Reciprocal spelling
D. Systems selling - In a competitive labour market firms will hire labour up to the point where the marginal revenue product of labour equals ?
A. total labour cost
B. the marginal product
C. the price of the product
D. the wage rate - Profit-maximizing firms want to maximize the difference between ?
A. marginal revenue and marginal cost.
B. total revenue and total cost
C. total revenue and marginal cost
D. marginal revenue and average cost
