1. Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, p = 1200. The firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, w, to produce output according to the production function q = 2E². There are 225 workers in the union. Any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a. What is the firm's labor demand function? b. If the firm is allowed to choose w, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? How many workers will the union provide? What is the firm's output and profit? What is the total income of the 225 union workers? c. Now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to

1. Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, p = 1200. The firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, w, to produce output according to the production function q = 2E². There are 225 workers in the union. Any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a. What is the firm's labor demand function? b. If the firm is allowed to choose w, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? How many workers will the union provide? What is the firm's output and profit? What is the total income of the 225 union workers? c. Now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to

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