Question
According to the Shephard’s Lemma in cost theory, the
partial derivative of the cost function with respect to an input price (e.g., wage) gives:Solution
Shephard's Lemma is a fundamental duality result. It states that if you have a cost function C(w, r, Q), differentiating it with respect to the wage (w) will yield the conditional factor demand for labor (L).
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