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- A software firm has only two inputs to production: domestic programmers based in the firm’s U.K. office and international programmers working from home in low-cost countries.The two types of programmers are perfect substitutes but domestic programmers are more productive due to better communication in the office. The production function is:S = 2D + IWhere S is the amount of software written, D is the number of domestic programmers and I is the number of international programmers. Programmers can work part-time, so hiring 0.3 of a programmer would be possible. (c) The government is concerned about diversity and writes a law saying that at least two workers in any firm must be domestic, and that at least two workers must be international. Show the effect of this law on the firm’s isoquant, the number of each type of worker hired, and total costs.A software firm has only two inputs to production: domestic programmers based in the firm’s U.K. office and international programmers working from home in low-cost countries.The two types of programmers are perfect substitutes but domestic programmers are more productive due to better communication in the office. The production function is:S = 2D + IWhere S is the amount of software written, D is the number of domestic programmers and I is the number of international programmers. Programmers can work part-time, so hiring 0.3 of a programmer would be possible.(a) The firm must produce 10 pieces of software this year. Show the firm’s isoquant in a suitably labelled graph. Put “domestic programmers” on the vertical axis and “international programmers” on the horizontal axis. Label each axis from 0 to 10.Y-2x11 y2-3X12 Q 4. ( A) Consider the following production functions: y2 are products and x is the use of input i in the production of productj. The total use of x is a function of y, and y2 given by: x1 =;+ where yi and %3D a) Find the product transformation rate. b) What will be the shape of production possibility curve? c) Are the productive competitive OR
- A software firm has only two inputs to production: domestic programmers based in the firm’s U.K. office and international programmers working from home in low-cost countries. The two types of programmers are perfect substitutes but domestic programmers are more productive due to better communication in the office. The production function is: S = 2D + I Where S is the amount of software written, D is the number of domestic programmers and I is the number of international programmers. Programmers can work part-time, so hiring 0.3 of a programmer would be possible. (a) The firm must produce 10 pieces of software this year. Show the firm’s isoquant in a suitably labelled graph. Put “domestic programmers” on the vertical axis and “international programmers” on the horizontal axis. Label each axis from 0 to 10. (b) A domestic programmer can be hired for £100,000 per year. An international programmer can be hired for £60,000 per year. On the same graph, show the different combinations of…A software firm has only two inputs to production: domestic programmers based in the firm's U.K. office and international programmers working from home in low-cost countries. The two types of programmers are perfect substitutes but domestic programmers are more productive due to better communication in the office. The production function is: S=2D + I Where S is the amount of software written, D is the number of domestic programmers and I is the number of international programmers. Programmers can work part-time, so hiring 0.3 of a programmer would be possible. (a) The firm must produce 10 pieces of software this year. Show the firm's isoquant in a suitably labelled graph. Put "domestic programmers" on the vertical axis and "international programmers" on the horizontal axis. Label each axis from 0 to 10. (b) A domestic programmer can be hired for £100,000 per year. An international programmer can be hired for £60,000 per year. On the same graph, show the different combinations of…A software firm has only two inputs to production: domestic programmers based in the firm’s U.K. office and international programmers working from home in low-cost countries. The two types of programmers are perfect substitutes but domestic programmers are more productive due to better communication in the office. The production function is: S = 2D + I Where S is the amount of software written, D is the number of domestic programmers and I is the number of international programmers. Programmers can work part-time, so hiring 0.3 of a programmer would be possible. (a) The firm must produce 10 pieces of software this year. Show the firm’s isoquant in a suitably labelled graph. Put “domestic programmers” on the vertical axis and “international programmers” on the horizontal axis. Label each axis from 0 to 10. (b) A domestic programmer can be hired for £100,000 per year. An international programmer can be hired for £60,000 per year. On the same graph, show the different combinations of…
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- In economics and econometrics, the Cobb-Douglas production function is a particular functional form of ne production function, widely used to represent the technological relationship between the amounts of two r more inputs (particularly physical capital and labor) and the amount of output that can be produced by nose inputs. The function they used to model production is defined by, P(L, K) = 6LªK!-a where P is the total production (the monetary value of all goods produced in a year), L is the amount f labor (the total number of person-hours worked in a year), and K is the amount of capital invested (the onetary worth of all machinery, equipment, and buildings). Its domain is {(L, k)|L > 0, K > 0} because L nd K represent labor and capital and are therefore never negative. Show that the Cobb-Douglas production function can be written as P P(L, K) = 6LªK1-a → In K L In b+ a ln KIn workout problem 20.11, the production function is f(x1, x2) = x-/2,x/22. If the price of factor 1 is $8 and the price of factor 2 is $16, in what proportions should the firm use factors 1 and 2 if it wants to maximize profits? %3D We can't tell without knowing the price of output. O x1 = 16x2. %3D Ox1 = 0.50x2. X1 = X2. X1 = 2x2. %3DWe often work with production technologies that give rise to initially increasing marginal product of labor that eventually decreases. Are the following statements then True or False? Explain.A negative marginal product of labor necessarily implies a downward sloping production frontier at that level of labor input.