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Chapter 9 Costs

Chapter 9 Costs

Chapter Outline • Costs In The Short Run • Graphing the Total, Variable, and

Chapter Outline • Costs In The Short Run • Graphing the Total, Variable, and Fixed Cost Curves • Average Fixed, Average Variable, Average Total and Marginal Costs • Allocating Production Between Two Processes • The Relationship Among MP, AP, MC, And AVC • Costs In The Long Run • Long-Run Costs And The Structure Of Industry • The Relationship Between Long-run And Short-run Cost Curves © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 2

Costs In the Short Run • Fixed cost (FC): cost that does not vary

Costs In the Short Run • Fixed cost (FC): cost that does not vary with the level of output in the short run (the cost of all fixed factors of production). • Variable cost (VC): cost that varies with the level of output in the short run (the cost of all variable factors of production). • Total cost (TC): all costs of production: the sum of variable cost and fixed cost. © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 3

Figure 9. 1: Output as a Function of One Variable Input © 2015 Mc.

Figure 9. 1: Output as a Function of One Variable Input © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 4

Figure 9. 2: The Total, Variable, and Fixed Cost Curves © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill

Figure 9. 2: The Total, Variable, and Fixed Cost Curves © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 5

Figure 9. 3: The Production Function Q = 3 KL, with K = 4

Figure 9. 3: The Production Function Q = 3 KL, with K = 4 © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 6

Figure 9. 4: The Total, Variable, and Fixed Cost Curves for the Production Function

Figure 9. 4: The Total, Variable, and Fixed Cost Curves for the Production Function Q – 3 KL © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 7

Other Short-Run Costs • Average fixed cost (AFC): fixed cost divided by the quantity

Other Short-Run Costs • Average fixed cost (AFC): fixed cost divided by the quantity of output. • Average variable cost (AVC): variable cost divided by the quantity of output. • Average total cost (ATC): total cost divided by the quantity of output. • Marginal cost (MC): change in total cost that results from a 1 -unit change in output. © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 8

Graphing the Short-run Average and Marginal Cost Curves • Geometrically, average variable cost at

Graphing the Short-run Average and Marginal Cost Curves • Geometrically, average variable cost at any level of output Q may be interpreted as the slope of a ray from the origin to the variable cost curve at Q. • Geometrically, marginal cost at any level of output may be interpreted as the slope of the total cost curve at that level of output. – And since the total cost and variable cost curves are parallel, is also equal to the slope of the variable cost curve. – Marginal cost is the most important of the cost curves. © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 9

Figure 9. 5: The Marginal, Average Total, Average Variable, and Average Fixed Cost Curves

Figure 9. 5: The Marginal, Average Total, Average Variable, and Average Fixed Cost Curves © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 10

Marginal and Average Costs • When MC is less than average cost (either ATC

Marginal and Average Costs • When MC is less than average cost (either ATC or AVC), the average cost curve must be decreasing with output; and when MC is greater than average cost, average cost must be increasing with output. © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 11

Figure 9. 6: Quantity vs. Average Costs © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights

Figure 9. 6: Quantity vs. Average Costs © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 12

Figure 9. 7: Cost Curves for a Specific Production Process © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill

Figure 9. 7: Cost Curves for a Specific Production Process © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 13

Allocating Production Between Two Processes • Let QT be the total amount to be

Allocating Production Between Two Processes • Let QT be the total amount to be produced, and let Q 1 and Q 2 be the amounts produced in the first and second processes, respectively. And suppose the marginal cost in either process at very low levels of output is lower than the marginal cost at QT units of output in the other (which ensures that both processes will be used). • The values of Q 1 and Q 2 that solve this problem will then be the ones that result in equal marginal costs for the two processes. © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 14

Figure 9. 8: The Minimum Cost Production Allocation © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All

Figure 9. 8: The Minimum Cost Production Allocation © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 15

Figure 9. 9: The Relationship Among MP, AP, MC, and AVC © 2015 Mc.

Figure 9. 9: The Relationship Among MP, AP, MC, and AVC © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 16

Costs in the Long Run • Isocost line: a set of input bundles each

Costs in the Long Run • Isocost line: a set of input bundles each of which costs the same amount. • To find the minimum cost point we begin with a specific isoquant then superimpose a map of isocost lines, each corresponding to a different cost level. – The least-cost input bundle corresponds to the point of tangency between an isocost line and the specified isoquant. © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 17

Figure 9. 10: The Isocost Line © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved.

Figure 9. 10: The Isocost Line © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 18

Figure 9. 11: The Maximum Output for a Given Expenditure © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill

Figure 9. 11: The Maximum Output for a Given Expenditure © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 19

Figure 9. 12: The Minimum Cost for a Given Level of Output © 2015

Figure 9. 12: The Minimum Cost for a Given Level of Output © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 20

Figure 9. 13: Different Ways of Producing 1 Ton of Gravel © 2015 Mc.

Figure 9. 13: Different Ways of Producing 1 Ton of Gravel © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 21

Figure 9. 14: The Effect of a Minimum Wage Law on Unemployment of Skilled

Figure 9. 14: The Effect of a Minimum Wage Law on Unemployment of Skilled Labor © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 22

The Relationship Between Optimal Input Choice and Long-Run Costs • Output expansion path: the

The Relationship Between Optimal Input Choice and Long-Run Costs • Output expansion path: the locus of tangencies (minimumcost input combinations) traced out by an isocost line of given slope as it shifts outward into the isoquant map for a production process. © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 23

Figure 9. 15: The Long-Run Expansion Path © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights

Figure 9. 15: The Long-Run Expansion Path © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 24

Figure 9. 16: The Long-Run Total, Average, and Marginal Cost Curves © 2015 Mc.

Figure 9. 16: The Long-Run Total, Average, and Marginal Cost Curves © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 25

The Relationship Between Optimal Input Choice and Long-Run Costs • Constant returns to scale

The Relationship Between Optimal Input Choice and Long-Run Costs • Constant returns to scale - long-run total costs are thus exactly proportional to output. • Decreasing returns to scale - a given proportional increase in output requires a greater proportional increase in all inputs and hence a greater proportional increase in costs. • Increasing returns to scale - long-run total cost rises less than in proportion to increases in output. © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 26

Figure 9. 17: The LTC, LMC and LAC Curves with Constant Returns to Scale

Figure 9. 17: The LTC, LMC and LAC Curves with Constant Returns to Scale © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 27

Figure 9. 18: The LTC, LAC and LMC Curves for a Production Process with

Figure 9. 18: The LTC, LAC and LMC Curves for a Production Process with Decreasing Returns to Scale © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 28

Figure 9. 19: The LTC, LAC and LMC Curves for a Production Process with

Figure 9. 19: The LTC, LAC and LMC Curves for a Production Process with Increasing Returns to Scale © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 29

Long-Run Costs and the Structure of Industry • Natural monopoly: an industry whose market

Long-Run Costs and the Structure of Industry • Natural monopoly: an industry whose market output is produced at the lowest cost when production is concentrated in the hands of a single firm. • Minimum efficient scale: the level of production required for LAC to reach its minimum level. © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 30

Figure 9. 20: LAC Curves Characteristic of Highly Concentrated Industrial Structures © 2015 Mc.

Figure 9. 20: LAC Curves Characteristic of Highly Concentrated Industrial Structures © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 31

Figure 9. 21: LAC Curves Characteristic of Unconcentrated Industry Structures © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill

Figure 9. 21: LAC Curves Characteristic of Unconcentrated Industry Structures © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 32

Figure 9. 22: The Family of Cost Curves Associated with a U-Shaped LAC ©

Figure 9. 22: The Family of Cost Curves Associated with a U-Shaped LAC © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 33

Figure A 9. 1: The Short-run and Long. Run Expansion Paths © 2015 Mc.

Figure A 9. 1: The Short-run and Long. Run Expansion Paths © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 34

Figure A 9. 2: The LTC and STC Curves Associated with the Isoquant Map

Figure A 9. 2: The LTC and STC Curves Associated with the Isoquant Map in Figure A. 9. 1 © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 35

Figure A 9. 3: The LAC, LMC, and Two ATC Curves Associated with the

Figure A 9. 3: The LAC, LMC, and Two ATC Curves Associated with the Cost Curves from Figure A. 9. 2 © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 36

Figure A 9. 4: The Family of Cost Curves Associated with a U-Shaped LAC

Figure A 9. 4: The Family of Cost Curves Associated with a U-Shaped LAC © 2015 Mc. Graw-Hill Education. All Rights Reserved. 37

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