Assuming that as a result of observed past increases in the aggregate price level, workers' expectation of the current price level rises. Then,
a. less labor will be supplied at each money wage because with the higher expectation about the aggregate price level since a given money wage corresponds to a lower real wage.
b. the firm has to pay a higher money wage in order to obtain a given quantity of labor.
c. more labor will be supplied at each money wage because with the higher expectation about the aggregate price level since a given money wage corresponds to a higher real wage.
d. Both a and b
e. Both b and c
D
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