14 - 1 Copyright McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2002 Significance of Resource Pricing Marginal Productivity Theory of Resource Demand MRP as a Demand Schedule Determinants.

14 - 1Copyright McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2002

Significance of Resource Pricing

Marginal Productivity Theory of Resource Demand

MRP as a Demand Schedule

Determinants of Resource Demand

Elasticity of Resource Demand

Optimum Combination of Resources

Marginal Productivity Theory of Income Distribution

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The Demand for Resources

14C H A P T E R









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SIGNIFICANCE OFRESOURCE PRICING

•Money Income Determination

•Resource Allocation

•Cost Minimization

•Ethical Questions and Policy Issues









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MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITYTHEORY OF RESOURCE DEMAND

Resource Demand as a Derived Demand

Marginal Revenue Product (MRP)•Productivity

•Marginal Product (MP)•Product Price

MarginalRevenueProduct

=Change in Total Revenue

Unit change in Resource Quantity









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MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITYTHEORY OF RESOURCE DEMAND

Rule for Employing Resources:

MRP = MRC

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Percentage of Labor Force0 25 50 75 100

DevelopingCountries

IndustriallyAdvancedCountries

UnitedStates

Agriculture

Agriculture

Agriculture

Industry

Industry

IndustryServices

Services

Services

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVELabor Demand and Allocation: Selected Nations

Source: International Labour Organization









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Units ofResource

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Now, consider the caseof resource demand under

Imperfect Competition









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$ 18.20 13.00 8.40 4.40 2.25 1.00 -1.05

The imperfectlyCompetitive seller’sdemand for a resource









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DETERMINANTS OF RESOURCE DEMAND

Changes in Product Demand

Changes in Productivity• Quantities of Other

Resources• Technological Progress• Quality of the Variable

Resource









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DETERMINANTS OF RESOURCE DEMAND

Changes in the Prices of Other Resources

Substitute Resources• Substitution Effect• Output Effect• Net Effect

Complementary ResourcesOccupational Employment

Trends









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ELASTICITY OF RESOURCE DEMAND

Rate of MP Decline

Ease of Resource Substitutability

Elasticity of Product Demand

Ratio of Resource Cost to Total

Cost Ratio

Erd = Percentage change in resource price

Percentage change in resource quantity









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OPTIMUM COMBINATIONOF RESOURCES

Least-Cost Rule

Profit-Maximizing Combination

MP of Labor MP of Capital

Price of Labor Price of Capital

MRPL

PL

MRPC

PC1

Least-Cost Combination of Resources









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MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY THEORYOF INCOME DISTRIBUTION

Inequality

Market Imperfections

ChapterConclusions

derived demandmarginal product (MP)marginal revenue product (MRP)marginal resource cost (MRC)MRP = MRC rulesubstitution effectoutput effectelasticity of resource demandleast-cost combination of resourcesprofit-maximizing combination of resourcesmarginal productivity theory of income distribution

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