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When TP is at its max, what is MP
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zero
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If the short-run average variable costs of production for a firm are rising, then this indicates that
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marginal costs are above average variable costs.
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Economic cost can best be defined as
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a payment that must be made to obtain and retain the services of a resource.
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Other things equal, if the fixed costs of a firm were to increase by $100,000 per year, which of the following would happen?
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Average fixed costs and average total costs would rise.
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When total product is increasing at an increasing rate, marginal product is
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positive and increasing.
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economies of scale are when the LRATC is
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decreasing
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dis-economies of scale are when the LRATC is
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increasing
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constant returns to scare are when the LRATC is
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constant
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If marginal cost is below average variable cost,
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both average total cost and average variable cost are decreasing.
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When a firm doubles its inputs and finds that its output has more than doubled, this is known as
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economies of scale.
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As output increases, total variable cost
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increases at a decreasing rate and then at an increasing rate.
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Economic profits are
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equal to the difference between accounting profits and implicit costs.
= revenue - explicit costs - implicit costs
= revenue - explicit costs - implicit costs
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Total revenue - explicit cost = ___________________ profit
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accounting
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Marginal _________________ = additional output produced when 1 additional unit of resource is employed, ceteris paribus.
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product
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A cost that in total increases when the firm increases its output and vice-versa.
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variable
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__________________ returns to scale = unchanging ATC of producing a good as the firm expands its output in the long run.
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constant
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Minimum _____________________ scale = the lowest level of output at which a firm can minimize long run ATC.
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efficient