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CH 7: Cost Theory
Explicit Costs
Accounting Costs
Economic Costs
Implicit Costs
Alternative or Opportunity Costs
Relevant Costs
Incremental Costs
Sunk Costs are Irrelevant
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Explicit Costs
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Implicit Costs
Economic Costs
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Average Costs
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CH 7: Cost Theory
ATC
AVC
ATC* R MC will intersect the ATC
at the minimum of the ATC.
AVC* TC = ATC* x Q** J The vertical distance between
TVC = AVC* x Q* ATC and AVC at any output is
the AFC. At Q** AFC is RJ.
Q* Q** Q
At Q* output, the AVC is at a minimum AVC* [also max of APL].
At Q** the ATC is at a MINIMUM.
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CH 7: Cost Theory
Average Cost Curves-Graphical meaning
Wage Rate
Marginal Cost
TC/Q = TVC/Q = w/MPL
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Derivation of Long-Run Cost Curves
From point A on
the expansion path
in the first panel
with w=$ 10 and
r=$ 10, the firm
uses 4 units of
labor 4L and 4
units of capital 4k
and the minimum
totalcost producing
1Q is $80. This is
shown as point A’
and A’’ on the long-
run total cost curve
in the middle panel
and bottom panel.
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Relationship Between Long-Run and Short- CH 7: Cost Theory
Run Average Cost Curves The top panel of the
figure is based on the
assumption that the
firm can build only
four scales of plant
SAC1 etc.., while the
bottom panel is based
on the assumption
that the firm can build
many more or an
infinite number of
scales of plant. At A’’
min av cost of
producing o/p is $80.
At B* the firm can
produce 1.5Q at an av
cost of $70 by using
either SAC1 or SAC2
and so on..
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CH 7: Cost Theory
Possible Shapes of the LAC Curve
ln C = ln a + b ln Q
Linearized version, can be easily estimated and interpreted.
ln C = 3 – 0.3 ln Q
If Q increases by 1%, then unit (average) costs decrease by 0.3%.
Useful to make predictions for the future: how much does the
average cost for the 100th unit as well as 200th:
Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
The slope of the total
revenue TR curve
refers to the product
price of $10 per unit.
The vertical intercept
of the total cost of
(TC) curve refers
TFC of $200, and the
slope of the TC
curve to the AVC of
$5. The break-even
with TR=TC $400 at
the output (Q) of $40
units per time period
at the point B.
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Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
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Break-even o/p
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The End
Thanks
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