Evaluating the 'Identical Firms' Assumption in Wage-Setting Aggregation
In the process of constructing an economy-wide wage-setting relationship from the decisions of individual businesses, a common simplifying assumption is that all businesses in the economy are identical. Critically evaluate this assumption. In your response, discuss at least one significant analytical advantage of making this assumption and at least one potential real-world inaccuracy or limitation it introduces.
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