Production and Cost

02/13/2002


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Table of Contents

Production and Cost

Economic Cost

Accounting versus Economic Cost

Accounting versus Economic Cost

Short-run versus Long-run Decisions

Diminishing Returns and Marginal Cost

The Firm’s Short-run Production Function

Labor Input and Output

Labor Input and Output

Short-run Production Costs

Short-Run Production Costs

Short-run Total Cost

Short-run Average Total Cost

Short-run Marginal Cost

Diminishing Returns and Increasing Marginal Cost

Short-run Average and Marginal Costs: An Example

Summary of Short-run Production Costs

A Closer Look at Short-run Production Costs

Short-run Average Total Cost (SATC)

Average Total Cost is the Sum of Average Variable and Average Fixed Cost

Short-run Average Total Cost (SATC)

Diminishing Returns and Increasing Marginal Cost

Relationship between Short-run Marginal and Average Cost Curves

Relationship between Short-run Marginal and Average Cost Curves

Production and Cost in the Long Run

Long-run Average Cost

Indivisible Inputs

Examples of Indivisible Inputs

Long-run Average Cost

Labor Specialization

Economies of Scale

Minimum Efficient Scale

Diseconomies of Scale

Examples of Economies of Scale

Examples of Economies of Scale

Author: Fernando Quijano