(a)  Find the short-run cost function, SRTC(q) and marginal cost function, MC(q), assuming that k = 27, and letting w and v denote the price of labor and capital. (b)  Find the long-run cost function and the long-run marginal cost function (L and k are both chosen optimally). (c)  Give a formal definition of increasing, decreasing, and constant returns to sale, and determine if the production function above exhibits increasing, decreasing or constant returns to scale. (d)  Derive the firm’s contingent labor demand function

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