The representative firm has technology described by a linear production functionY =190N. Compared to the previous question, labor productivity decreased. Therepresentative household has preferences over consumption and leisure represented bythe following utility function u(c, l)=√c+18√√.At the equilibrium, how much output is produced? Anticipating the productivity drop, the government implements a stimulus package byincreasing government spending from 0 to 8. The spending is financed by governmentborrowing, equivalent to a lump-sum tax. The production function is Y = 190N. Therepresentative household has utility function u(c, l)=√√c+ 18√.After the implementation of the stimulus package, how much output is produced?

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The representative firm has technology described by a linear production function Y = 190N. Compared to the previous question, labor productivity decreased. The representative household has preferences over consumption and leisure represented by the following utility function u(c, l)=√c+18√√. At the equilibrium, how much output is produced?

The representative firm has technology described by a linear production function Y = 190N. Compared to the previous question, labor productivity decreased. The representative household has preferences over consumption and leisure represented by the following utility function u(c, l)=√c+18√√. At the equilibrium, how much output is produced?

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