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Principles of economics costs production
1.
5 FIRM BEHAVIOR AND
THE ORGANIZATION OF INDUSTRY
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Copyright©2004 South-Western 1313The Costs
of Production
3.
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South-Western/ The Market Forces of Supply and Demand • Supply and demand are the two words that economists use most often. • Supply and demand are the forces that make market economies work. • Modern microeconomics is about supply, demand, and market equilibrium.
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South-Western/ WHAT ARE COSTS? • According to the Law of SupplyLaw of Supply: • Firms are willing to produce and sell a greater quantity of a good when the price of the good is high. • This results in a supply curve that slopes upward.
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South-Western/ WHAT ARE COSTS? • The Firm’s Objective • The economic goal of the firm is to maximize profits.
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South-Western/ Total Revenue, Total Cost, and Profit • Total Revenue • The amount a firm receives for the sale of its output. • Total Cost • The market value of the inputs a firm uses in production.
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South-Western/ Total Revenue, Total Cost, and Profit • Profit is the firm’s total revenue minus its total cost. Profit = Total revenue - Total costProfit = Total revenue - Total cost
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South-Western/ Costs as Opportunity Costs • A firm’s cost of production includes all the opportunity costs of making its output of goods and services. • Explicit and Implicit Costs • A firm’s cost of production include explicit costs and implicit costs. • Explicit costs are input costs that require a direct outlay of money by the firm. • Implicit costs are input costs that do not require an outlay of money by the firm.
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South-Western/ Economic Profit versus Accounting Profit • Economists measure a firm’s economic profit as total revenue minus total cost, including both explicit and implicit costs. • Accountants measure the accounting profit as the firm’s total revenue minus only the firm’s explicit costs.
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South-Western/ Economic Profit versus Accounting Profit • When total revenue exceeds both explicit and implicit costs, the firm earns economic profit. • Economic profit is smaller than accounting profit.
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Figure 1 Economic
versus Accountants Copyright © 2004 South-Western Revenue Total opportunity costs How an Economist Views a Firm How an Accountant Views a Firm Revenue Economic profit Implicit costs Explicit costs Explicit costs Accounting profit
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Table 1 A
Production Function and Total Cost: Hungry Helen’s Cookie Factory Copyright©2004 South-Western
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South-Western/ PRODUCTION AND COSTS • The Production Function • The production function shows the relationship between quantity of inputs used to make a good and the quantity of output of that good.
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South-Western/ The Production Function • Marginal Product • The marginal product of any input in the production process is the increase in output that arises from an additional unit of that input.
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South-Western/ The Production Function • Diminishing Marginal Product • Diminishing marginal product is the property whereby the marginal product of an input declines as the quantity of the input increases. • Example: As more and more workers are hired at a firm, each additional worker contributes less and less to production because the firm has a limited amount of equipment.
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Figure 2 Hungry
Helen’s Production Function Copyright © 2004 South-Western Quantity of Output (cookies per hour) 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Number of Workers Hired0 1 2 3 4 5 Production function
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South-Western/ The Production Function • Diminishing Marginal Product • The slope of the production function measures the marginal product of an input, such as a worker. • When the marginal product declines, the production function becomes flatter.
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South-Western/ From the Production Function to the Total- Cost Curve • The relationship between the quantity a firm can produce and its costs determines pricing decisions. • The total-cost curve shows this relationship graphically.
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Table 1 A
Production Function and Total Cost: Hungry Helen’s Cookie Factory Copyright©2004 South-Western
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Figure 3 Hungry
Helen’s Total-Cost Curve Copyright © 2004 South-Western Total Cost $80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Quantity of Output (cookies per hour) 0 10 20 30 15013011090705040 1401201008060 Total-cost curve
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South-Western/ THE VARIOUS MEASURES OF COST • Costs of production may be divided into fixed costs and variable costs.
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South-Western/ Fixed and Variable Costs • Fixed costsFixed costs are those costs that do not vary with the quantity of output produced. • Variable costsVariable costs are those costs that do vary with the quantity of output produced.
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South-Western/ Fixed and Variable Costs • Total Costs • Total Fixed Costs (TFC) • Total Variable Costs (TVC) • Total Costs (TC) • TC = TFC + TVC
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Table 2 The
Various Measures of Cost: Thirsty Thelma’s Lemonade Stand Copyright©2004 South-Western
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South-Western/ Fixed and Variable Costs • Average Costs • Average costs can be determined by dividing the firm’s costs by the quantity of output it produces. • The average cost is the cost of each typical unit of product.
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South-Western/ Fixed and Variable Costs • Average Costs • Average Fixed Costs (AFC) • Average Variable Costs (AVC) • Average Total Costs (ATC) • ATC = AFC + AVC
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South-Western/ Average Costs A F C F C Q = = F i x e d c o s t Q u a n t i t y A V C V C Q = = V a r i a b l e c o s t Q u a n t i t y A T C T C Q = = T o t a l c o s t Q u a n t i t y
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Table 2 The
Various Measures of Cost: Thirsty Thelma’s Lemonade Stand Copyright©2004 South-Western
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South-Western/ Fixed and Variable Costs • Marginal Cost • Marginal cost (MC) measures the increase in total cost that arises from an extra unit of production. • Marginal cost helps answer the following question: • How much does it cost to produce an additional unit of output?
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South-Western/ Marginal Cost M C T C Q = = ( c h a n g e i n t o t a l c o s t ) ( c h a n g e i n q u a n t i t y ) ∆ ∆
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South-Western/ Marginal Cost Thirsty Thelma’s Lemonade Stand Quantity Total Cost Marginal Cost Quantity Total Cost Marginal Cost 0 $3.00 — 1 3.30 $0.30 6 $7.80 $1.30 2 3.80 0.50 7 9.30 1.50 3 4.50 0.70 8 11.00 1.70 4 5.40 0.90 9 12.90 1.90 5 6.50 1.10 10 15.00 2.10
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Figure 4 Thirsty
Thelma’s Total-Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western Total Cost $15.00 14.00 13.00 12.00 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Quantity of Output (glasses of lemonade per hour) 0 1 432 765 98 10 Total-cost curve
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Figure 5 Thirsty
Thelma’s Average-Cost and Marginal-Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western Costs $3.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.50 0.25 Quantity of Output (glasses of lemonade per hour) 0 1 432 765 98 10 MC ATC AVC AFC
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South-Western/ Cost Curves and Their Shapes • Marginal cost rises with the amount of output produced. • This reflects the property of diminishing marginal product.
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Figure 5 Thirsty
Thelma’s Average-Cost and Marginal-Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western Costs $3.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.50 0.25 Quantity of Output (glasses of lemonade per hour) 0 1 432 765 98 10 MC
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South-Western/ Cost Curves and Their Shapes • The average total-costaverage total-cost curve is U-shaped. • At very low levels of output average total cost is high because fixed cost is spread over only a few units. • Average total cost declines as output increases. • Average total cost starts rising because average variable cost rises substantially.
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South-Western/ Cost Curves and Their Shapes • The bottom of the U-shaped ATC curve occurs at the quantity that minimizes average total cost. This quantity is sometimes called the efficient scale of the firm.
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Figure 5 Thirsty
Thelma’s Average-Cost and Marginal-Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western Costs $3.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.50 0.25 Quantity of Output (glasses of lemonade per hour) 0 1 432 765 98 10 ATC
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Copyright © 2004
South-Western/ Cost Curves and Their Shapes • Relationship between Marginal Cost and Average Total Cost • Whenever marginal cost is less than average total cost, average total cost is falling. • Whenever marginal cost is greater than average total cost, average total cost is rising.
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Copyright © 2004
South-Western/ Cost Curves and Their Shapes • Relationship Between Marginal Cost and Average Total Cost • The marginal-cost curve crosses the average-total- cost curve at the efficient scaleefficient scale. • Efficient scale is the quantity that minimizes average total cost.
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Figure 5 Thirsty
Thelma’s Average-Cost and Marginal-Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western Costs $3.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.50 0.25 Quantity of Output (glasses of lemonade per hour) 0 1 432 765 98 10 ATC MC
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South-Western/ Typical Cost Curves It is now time to examine the relationships that exist between the different measures of cost.
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Bob’s Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western (a) Total-Cost Curve $18.00 16.00 14.00 12.00 10.00 8.00 6.00 4.00 Quantity of Output (bagels per hour) TC 42 6 8 141210 2.00 Total Cost 0
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Bob’s Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western (b) Marginal- and Average-Cost Curves Quantity of Output (bagels per hour) Costs $3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0 42 6 8 141210 MC ATC AVC AFC
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South-Western/ Typical Cost Curves • Three Important Properties of Cost Curves • Marginal cost eventually rises with the quantity of output. • The average-total-cost curve is U-shaped. • The marginal-cost curve crosses the average-total- cost curve at the minimum of average total cost.
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South-Western/ COSTS IN THE SHORT RUN AND IN THE LONG RUN • For many firms, the division of total costs between fixed and variable costs depends on the time horizon being considered. • In the short run, some costs are fixed. • In the long run, fixed costs become variable costs.
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South-Western/ COSTS IN THE SHORT RUN AND IN THE LONG RUN • Because many costs are fixed in the short run but variable in the long run, a firm’s long-run cost curves differ from its short-run cost curves.
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Total Cost in the Short and Long Run Copyright © 2004 South-Western Quantity of Cars per Day 0 Average Total Cost 1,200 $12,000 ATC in short run with small factory ATC in short run with medium factory ATC in short run with large factory ATC in long run
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South-Western/ Economies and Diseconomies of Scale • Economies of scale refer to the property whereby long-run average total cost falls as the quantity of output increases. • Diseconomies of scale refer to the property whereby long-run average total cost rises as the quantity of output increases. • Constant returns to scale refers to the property whereby long-run average total cost stays the same as the quantity of output increases
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Total Cost in the Short and Long Run Copyright © 2004 South-Western Quantity of Cars per Day 0 Average Total Cost 1,200 $12,000 1,000 10,000 Economies of scale ATC in short run with small factory ATC in short run with medium factory ATC in short run with large factory ATC in long run Diseconomies of scale Constant returns to scale
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South-Western/ Summary • The goal of firms is to maximize profit, which equals total revenue minus total cost. • When analyzing a firm’s behavior, it is important to include all the opportunity costs of production. • Some opportunity costs are explicit while other opportunity costs are implicit.
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South-Western/ Summary • A firm’s costs reflect its production process. • A typical firm’s production function gets flatter as the quantity of input increases, displaying the property of diminishing marginal product. • A firm’s total costs are divided between fixed and variable costs. Fixed costs do not change when the firm alters the quantity of output produced; variable costs do change as the firm alters quantity of output produced.
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South-Western/ Summary • Average total cost is total cost divided by the quantity of output. • Marginal cost is the amount by which total cost would rise if output were increased by one unit. • The marginal cost always rises with the quantity of output. • Average cost first falls as output increases and then rises.
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South-Western/ Summary • The average-total-cost curve is U-shaped. • The marginal-cost curve always crosses the average-total-cost curve at the minimum of ATC. • A firm’s costs often depend on the time horizon being considered. • In particular, many costs are fixed in the short run but variable in the long run.
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