Given an Employee Cost of Effort Function (Where E Is

question 10

Essay

Given an employee cost of effort function (where e is given in hours worked per week and each unit of e produces an extra $100 in sales):

If the firm offers a salary-plus-commission job of $400 per week (instead of $500)plus 20% of sales,at what effort level does the employee maximize their payoff?

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