3A. Labor Demand Model

1. Firms maximize profit (rev - cost).Implies produce where marginal profit = zero.Maintained assumption throughout course.

2. Two homogeneous factors of production: labor and capital. Q = f(K, L) (Relaxed later)a. Short-run (capital is fixed)b. Long-run (capital may vary)

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