AP Micro Unit 5 Flashcard V1

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What is the relationship between the MRP curve for the firm and the market demand curve?

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They both slope downward.

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In a perfectly competitive labor market, if a firm is experiencing wages that are greater than the MRP, what is the best course of action?

Back

Lay off workers

Front

In a perfectly competitive labor market the firms are ____________ and in a perfectly competitive product market firms are __________________

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wage takers; price takers

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Which of the following explains why the marginal revenue product decreases as a firm increases the quantity of an input used? Diminishing marginal returns, Diminishing marginal utility, The homogeneity of the product, The free mobility of resources, Diminishing marginal revenue from output

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Diminishing marginal returns

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A competitive firm's demand for labor is determined directly by: profits, the opportunity cost of workers’ time, the wage and the average (physical) product of labor, the marginal (physical) product of labor and the output price, marginal utility and marginal cost

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the marginal (physical) product of labor and the output price

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A profit-maximizing firm will continue to hire workers until the marginal revenue product of labor is equal to the

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marginal factor cost

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Two workers produce 12 units and three workers produce 16 units. The MRP of the third worker is $40. What is the price of the product?

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$10

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The price of a product increases. What happens to the supply of labor OR demand of labor for the firm?

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Demand of labor will increase

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The government removes an occupational license for real estate agents. What will happen to the supply or demand of labor?

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Supply of labor will increase

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The marginal product of the fourth chef is

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