Unit 3 - Resource Markets > Chapter 25 - the Demand for Resources > Marginal Productivity Theory of Resource Demand

Marginal Productivity Theory of Resource Demand

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Resource Demand as Derived Demand
  • Derived Demand - demand derived from the products that the resources help produces
  • Ex: the demand for airplane generates a demand for assemblers
Marginal Revenue Product
  • MRP = Δ TR / Δ resource quantity
Rule for Employing Resources: MRP = MRC

MRP as Resource Demand Schedule

Resource Demand under Imperfect Product Market Competition

Market Demand for a Resource

  •  Horizontal sum of individual firms' MRP (demand) curves

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