Asked by Sherry Smith on May 09, 2024

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Which statement is true?

A) Productivity is input per unit of output.
B) The MRP curve for the perfect competitor is steeper than the MRP curve for the imperfect competitor.
C) The firm will hire workers until the wage rate and the Marginal Physical Product (MPP) of the last worker hired are equal.
D) Relative to the U.S.economy,the Chinese economy is more labor intensive and less capital intensive.

Productivity

The efficiency of production of goods or services, expressed as the ratio of output to inputs used in the production process.

MRP Curve

A graphical representation showing the additional revenue a firm generates by hiring one more unit of labor, based on the concept of marginal revenue product.

Marginal Physical Product

The change in output that results from employing an additional unit of a particular input, holding all other inputs constant.

  • Grasp the impact of changes in productivity on the Marginal Physical Product (MPP) and MRP.
  • Familiarize oneself with the understanding of derived demand and its divergence from final demand.
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Fatimah ZakaryaMay 11, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
C is incorrect because the firm will hire workers until the wage rate equals the Marginal Revenue Product (MRP) of the last worker hired, not the Marginal Physical Product (MPP). A is incorrect because productivity is defined as output per unit of input, not the other way around. B is incorrect because the MRP curve for a perfect competitor is perfectly elastic, not steeper, compared to an imperfect competitor due to the perfect competitor's inability to influence market prices. D is correct because, historically, the Chinese economy has relied more on labor-intensive methods and less on capital-intensive methods compared to the U.S. economy, reflecting differences in resource availability and economic development stages.