The Average Product of Labour Is Defined as

question 55

Multiple Choice

The average product of labour is defined as

• A) The additional output produced by the last ∆L units of labour hired
• B) The amount of output divided by the amount of capital used to produce the output
• C) The amount of output produced multiplied by the last ∆L units of labour hired
• D) The amount of output divided by the number of workers employed

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Definitions:

Sharpe Measure

A formula used to calculate the adjusted return of an investment by considering its risk, allowing for comparison against risk-free assets.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean, indicating how much variation exists from the average.

Beta

A measurement of the volatility of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole, used as a measure of systematic risk.

Treynor Measure

A performance metric for determining how well an investment compensates the investor for taking risk, comparing returns above the risk-free rate to the investment's market risk.