PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS(LOOSELEAF)
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Author: Frank
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Chapter 7, Problem 4RQ
(a)
To determine
Determine the relationship between the availability of physical capital and average labor productivity.
(b)
To determine
The ‘diminishing returns to capital’.
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