1 7. Suppose that for some reason we were interested in studying solutions to  the  following  problem:   A  firm produces  a  single  output   y   from N inputs x  = (x1 , • • • , xN) . The firm is given a certain budget that it can spend on inputs, and the firm produces  as much  output  as  it can  given that budget. Letting B be the budget and supposing the firm is described by a production function f (x ) and that the firm is competitive and faces factor prices  w, we can define   y* (w, B) = max{f (x) :w ·x ::.; B}.   Devise a theory concerning this problem in the spirit of the results we have given concerning partial derivatives of y* and solutions to the problem just posed.

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11 7. Suppose that for some reason we were interested in studying solutions to  the  following  problem:   A  firm produces  a  single  output   y   from N

inputs = (x1 , • • • , xN) . The firm is given a certain budget that it can

spend on inputs, and the firm produces  as much  output  as  it can  given that budget. Letting B be the budget and supposing the firm is described by a production function f (x ) and that the firm is competitive and faces factor prices  w, we can define

 

y* (w, B) = max{f (x) :w ·x ::.; B}.

 

Devise a theory concerning this problem in the spirit of the results we have given concerning partial derivatives of y* and solutions to the problem just posed.

 

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