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Firm Production, Costs, and Revenues Flashcards

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Marginal Product (MP)

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The additional output produced per period when one more unit of an input is added

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Marginal Product Curve (MPC)

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Shows the relationship between total product and labor

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Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns

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States that as the amount of one input is increased, all else equal, the incremental gains in output will eventually decrease

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Average Product (AP)

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(Total Product)/(Quantity of Input)

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Total Product Curve (TPC)

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Shows the relationship between the total amount of output produced and the number of units of a input used

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Fixed Costs (FC)

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Do not change when one more output is produced

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Variable Costs (VC)

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Change as more output is produced

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Marginal Cost (MC)

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The amount by which costs increase when one more unit of output is produced (MC = Change in TC/Change in Quantity = Change in TVC/Change in Quantity)

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Average Total Cost (ATC)

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TC/Q

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Average Variable Cost

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TVC/Q

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Average Fixed Cost

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Total Fixed Cost (TFC)/Q

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Long Run and Short Run Difference

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In the short run, the amount of at least one input cannot change

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Economies of Scale

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Exist over the range of output were the long-run average cost curve slopes downward

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Diseconomies of Scale

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Exist over the range of output where the LRAC is increasing

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Increasing Returns To Scale

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Exist when output increases (proportionally) more than increases in all inputs

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Decreasing Returns To Scale

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Exist when output increases (proportionally) less than increases in all inputs

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Constant Returns To Scale

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Exist when output increases in proportion to increases in all inputs

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Diminishing Marginal Returns

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Exist when an additional unit of an input increases total output by less than the previous unit of input

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Increasing Cost Firm

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A firm facing decreasing returns to scale

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Decreasing Cost Firm

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A firm facing increasing returns to scale

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Increasing Cost Industry

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Experiences increases in average production costs as industry output increases

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Constant Cost Industry

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Does not experience increases production costs as output grows

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Decreasing Cost Industry

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Experiences decreasing average production costs as industry output increases

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Productive Efficiency

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Occurs when a firm produces at the lowest unit cost where MC = AC

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Economies of Scope
Exist when a firm's average production costs decrease because multiple products are being produced
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Perfect/Pure Competition Characteristics
- Many Sellers - Standardized Product - Firms are Price Takers - Free Entry and Exit
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Price Takers
Accept the market price as given and can sell all that they want at that price
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Economic Profits
Total Revenue - Total Cost (Includes Opportunity Costs)
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Accounting Profits
Consist of only the monetary costs of the firm
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Normal Profits
Earning a return equivalent to the opportunity cost of time (Economic Profit is 0)
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Total Revenue (TR)
The amount of money taken in from the sale of a good (TR = P*Q)
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Marginal Revenue (MR)
The addition to revenue gained from one more unit sold (MR = Change in TR/Change in Q)
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Average Revenue (AR)
TR/Q
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Profit
TR - TC
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Shut Down Decision
Based on whether the firm in a perfectly competitive market covers their AVC
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Monopoly Characteristics
- Patents - Control of Resources - Economies of Scale and Other Cost Advantages - Exclusive Licenses
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Price Discrimination
Charging different customers different prices that do not reflect differences in production costs
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Perfect Price Discrimination
Ideal for a firm to charge every customer the most they are willing to pay and turning consumer surplus into profit
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Oligopoly
An industry with a small number of firms selling a standardized/differentiated products
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Market Power
The ability of an individual firm to influence price
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Game Theory
Considers the strategic decisions of players in anticipation of their rival's reactions
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Payoff Matrix
Illustrates decisions and reactions among players
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Nash Equilibrium
Occurs whenever two circles appear in the same square within the payoff matrix
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Dominant Strategy
Strategy with the most payoff for the player
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Dominant Strategy Equilibrium
When all players choose the dominant strategy in order to receive a benefit
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Prisoner's Dilemma
Explain arms races, failure of cartels, and excessive spending on ads
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Natural Monopolies
Industries that can only support one firm
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Sherman Act (1890)
Declared attempts to monopolize commerce or restrain trade among the states illegal
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Clayton Act (1914)
Specified that monopolistic behavior such as price discrimination, tying contracts, and unlimited mergers are illegal
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Robinson-Patman Act (1936)
Prohibits price discrimination except when it is based on differences in cost, marketability of the product, or in good faith to meet competition
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Celler-Kefauver Act (1950)
Authorized the government to ban vertical, conglomerate, and horizontal mergers
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Vertical Mergers
Mergers of firms at various steps in the production process from raw materials to finished products
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Conglomerate Mergers
Combinations of firms from unrelated industries
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Horizontal Mergers
Mergers of direct competition
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Herfindahl-Herschman Index (HHI)
Takes the market share of each firm in an industry as a percentage, squares each percentage, and adds all of them
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Concentration Ratio
The sum of the market shares of the largest n firms in an industry, where n is any number

AP Microeconomics (6 decks)

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