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What is the profit?
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TR-TC
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Who sees opportunity cost?
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economists
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What are the two types of cost?
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explicit and implicit
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What is explicit cost?
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we can see it (accountants)
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What is implicit cost?
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we can't see it (economists)
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What is accounting profit?
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total revenue - explicit costs
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What is economic profit?
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total revenue - implicit costs
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Which is greater, economic or accounting profit?
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accounting
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What does a production function show?
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inputs and outputs for a firm
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What is the input for the production function?
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labor
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What is it called when the production function levels out?
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diminishing marginal product
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Where is MP higher?
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Where the production function is rising more quickly
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What is marginal product?
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the additional output gained by adding 1 additional unit of input (labor)
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How does MP act?
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It increases rapidly at first and then it levels out (diminishing marginal product)
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What are two types of cost in a total cost curve?
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fixed and variable costs
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What are fixed and variable costs?
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Fixed doesn't depend on an output (rent, electricity), variable costs depend on an output
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What is considered the output in a total cost curve?
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quantity
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How do you find the AFC?
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FC/Q
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How do you find the AVC?
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VC/Q
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How do you find the ATC?
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TC/Q
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How do you find the total cost?
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FC + VC
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How do you find the MC?
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change in TC divided by change in quantity
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What always happens to AFC?
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it always decreases
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What shapes are AVC and ATC?
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U-shaped
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Where and what lines does the MC intersect?
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At the minimum oof the ATC and AVC
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What happens to the MC over time?
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it increases
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Where is the efficient scale?
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the minimum ATC
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What is the LRATC and what shape is it?
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long run average total cost, in a U-shape
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What is the first part of the LRATC?
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economies of scale
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What is the second part of the LRATC?
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constant returns to scale
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What is the third part of the LRATC?
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diseconomies of scale