part 1. Leave 'r' and 'w' as constants. Solve the cost minimization problem to find L*(q) and K*(q).

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part 1. Leave 'r' and 'w' as constants. Solve the cost minimization problem to find L*(q) and K*(q). Then find the cost function C(q).

part 2. At what price would the firm choose to shutdown and not produce? Provide calculations.

10: Consider a car manufacturer which uses capital K and labor L to produce q cars
according to the production function
q = f(L, K) = LK
Transcribed Image Text:10: Consider a car manufacturer which uses capital K and labor L to produce q cars according to the production function q = f(L, K) = LK
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The Production function of a car manufacturer is given as:

q=fL,K=L18K38

Where q is the cars produced by the manufacturer using the "K" capital and "L" labour. The cost function of the manufacturer is the cost of inputs firm has to pay like wages (w) of labourers and rent (r) of the capital.

Now, the cost function should be:

Cq=wL*+rK*

Where L* and K* are the optimal cost minimization level of inputs.

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