Answer: When a firm is operating in a perfectly competitive labor market: <u>"the firm can buy as much or as little labor as it wants at a fixed, going wage rate."</u>
Explanation:
1- "the wage the firm increases with the number of workers hired" - Is incorrect because The salary paid by the company is treated as a constant salary.
2- Correct.
3- "the firm’s marginal expense of labor (MEL) equals the cost of all workers hired." is incorrect because the firm’s marginal expense of labor (MEL) is equal to the salary (wage) rate.
Answer:
Basic earning per share = $3.69
Explanation:
Earning per share (EPS) = earnings available to ordinary shareholders/ number of ordinary shares
Number of ordinary shares = 390,000 × 2 = 780,000 units
Net income 2,900,000
Preferred dividend <u> ( 24,000)</u>
Earnings available to shareholders <u>2,876,000</u>
Number of ordinary shares 780,000 units
Earnings per shares = $2,876,000/780,000 units
= $3.69
Answer:
(a) How this episode is likely to affect the economic well-being of people in the country
In the short-run, there will be an increase in labor demanded, increasing jobs to build homes and repair the damage caused by the earthquake. In the long-run, things will begin to go back to normal.
(b) How this episode is likely to affect the economy’s measured GDP
In this case, GDP measurements will shift causing less of an input in private spending and an increase in government spending due to subsidies to increase home-building.
