ECON 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Linear Technology, Isoquant, Production Function
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Cobb douglas type" y = lak b ( = 1 ) Perfect complements" or leontief technology y = min(al, bk) ( = 0) Perfect substitutes" or linear technology y = al + bk ( = ) Fk ak bl and here dt rs dl. Isoquants are strictly convex to the origin. Intuition about t rs and diminishing t rs. Profit maximization (input formulation): general formulation: max. = pf (l, k) wl rk: purpose: to find and characterize the input demand functions, the. Supply function of the rm, and rm welfare (maximum pro t): calculus solution method (general method; applicable to di erentiable functions): First order conditions (f. o. c. ) pfl(l, k) = w (1) (2) Second order conditions(su cient): fll < 0 and fllfkk . Lk > 0. (satis ed in cd case if a + b < 1. ) pfk(l, k) = r: pro t max. implies cost minimization condition (from (1) and (2) we get)