A Firm's Labour Demand Curve Is Also Its Marginal Revenue

question 173

Essay

A firm's labour demand curve is also its marginal revenue product curve.For both the perfectly competitive firm and the output price maker, the labour demand curve slopes downwards.However, there is a difference in the reasons why the labour demand curve slopes downwards.What is this difference?

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