Firms Flashcards

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Average Product

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Marginal Product

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3
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Production Function

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4
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What is the similarity between household and firm problems

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5
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Substitutes, describe on Isoquant

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6
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Complements, describe on isoquant

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7
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IsoCost curve

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All combinations of input that correspond to the same cost level

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8
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IsoQuant Curve

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All combinations of input that correspond to the same output level

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9
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MRTS

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Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution

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10
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Law of decreasing marginal returns

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11
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Slope of an IsoCost

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12
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Optimal Choice (firm)

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13
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What curves do you look at: Given a cost level, wanting the highest ouput

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Isoquant (MRTS)

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14
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Given an output level, want the lowest cost, what curve to look at

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IsoCost (-w/r)

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15
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Increasing Returns to Scale

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16
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Decreasing returns to scale

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17
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Management Complexity

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18
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Labor Productivity

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19
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Total Factor Productivity

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20
Q

demand curve

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Down sloping
p = y int - slope(quantity)

21
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Profit curves (Iso Profit)

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22
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Slope of the IsoProfit

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23
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Slope of demand Curve

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24
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Profit Function

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25
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MRS equation

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26
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MRT Equation

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27
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Optimal choice between Demand and profit

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28
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Price elasticity of demand

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29
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Income elasticity (of demand)

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30
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Cross Price Elasticity (of demand)

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31
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elastic vs inelastic demand

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32
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The Price Margin Rule, Explain a smaller or bigger elasticity and effects

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m = - 1/e

33
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Optimal Price

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P=(e/1+e

34
Q

When should you raise a price?

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35
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Markup

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(p-c)/c
ε/1+ε