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Question 1

In theory, if a profit-maximizing firm in a perfectly competitive labor market found it advantageous to hire one less worker, the firm should pay a


◦ lower wage rate but only to the most recently hired workers.
◦ higher wage rate but only to the most recently hired workers.
◦ lower wage rate to all previous workers hired.
◦ higher wage rate to all previous workers hired.

Question 2

Suppose the supply of labor schedule decreases in a perfectly competitive labor market while the market demand schedule remains unchanged. A profit-maximizing representative firm will


◦ hire more workers.
◦ hire less workers.
◦ hire the same number of workers.
◦ substitute capital for labor.


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