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JNU SSS 2021 Question 3: Production and returns to scale

Saksham , an industrialist, has Rs. 30 as capital, 25 workers as labour, total factor productivity is constant at 0.4, output elasticity of labour is 0.3 and output elasticity of capital is 0.7, then what will be production function in the form of Cobb-Douglas.

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Saksham, an industrialist, has Rs. 30 as capital, 25 workers as labour, total factor productivity is constant at 0.4, output elasticity of labour is 0.3 and output elasticity of capital is 0.7, then what will be production function in the form of Cobb-Douglas. (A) Q = 0.8*30⁰·⁴*25⁰·⁶ (B) Q = 0.9*30⁰·⁴*25⁰·⁶ (C) Q = 0.7*30⁰·⁴*25⁰·⁶ (D) Q = 0.4*25⁰·³*30⁰·⁷

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This question is on Production functions and the elasticity of substitution, part of Production and returns to scale in Microeconomics.

Cobb-Douglas, CES and fixed-proportions technologies, and how easily inputs substitute.

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