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\documentclass[12pt]{article} \ \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{geometry} \ \geometry{top=1in,bottom=1in,left=1in,right=1in} \ \setlength{\parindent}{0in} \setlength{\parskip}{2ex} \ \begin{document} \ \begin{center} \begin{tabular*}{6.5in}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}r} \multicolumn{2}{c} {\bfseries Problem Set 1 } \\ \multicolumn{2}{c} {Due Thursday, September 17} \end{tabular*} \end{center} \ {\bfseries 1. Profit Maximization} { Consider a firm that produces output $y$ with capital $k$ and labor $l$ according to the technology described by k^{a}l^{b} \geq y, \tag{1} where $0<a<1$, $0<b<1$, and $0<a+b<1$. The firm sells each unit of output at the price $p$, rents each unit of capital at the rate $r$, and hires each unit of labor at the wage $w$. Hence it chooses $y$, $k$, and $l$ to maximize profits $$py - rk - wl$$ subject to the constraint just shown in (1). \begin{description}

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## This note was uploaded on 02/19/2010 for the course ECON 720 taught by Professor Ireland during the Fall '09 term at BC.

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