Output Input; ceteris paribus The law of diminishing marginal return
$ Output, Q specialization TVC 45º TFC Diminishing return Total Cost
$ Quantity MC ATC =AVC+AFC AVC AFC Unit Cost
$ Q ATC 1 ATC 2 ATC 3 LRAC Economies of scale Unit Cost
$ Output ATC Technological improvement Unit Cost
$ Q $ Q D D △P△P △P△P △Q△Q △Q△Q Price Elasticity
$ Q D △P△P △P△P △Q△Q △Q△Q Elasticity along the Demand Curve
$ Out put $ D D △P△P △P△P △Q△Q △Q△Q Price elasticity and Revenue
Price Quantity Q* MC MR Profit Maximizing Output, Q*
Market Demand & Supply P P* Q Q* S D
The Market Supply Curve P Q S
The Demand Curve P Q D
P Q D = AR MR
The firm’s supply (curve) $ OUTPUT MC ATC AVC
Profit maximizing output, Q* $ P* OUTPU T Q* MC MR
Perfectly Competitive Market $ Q $ Q D∑MCMC ATC P* Market Firm
$ Q D S Profit attracts new entry
$ Q D S $ Q D S $ Q D S
$ Q $ Q DSMC ATC AR=MR Perfectly Competitive Market MarketFirm
$ Output MR(Long term) ATC MC MR(Short term) Equilibrium in Perfectly Competitive Market
$ Q $ Q DSMC ATC D1 A sudden change in Demand
$ Q Pm MC ATC D=AR MR Qm Monopoly
$ Q D ATC (Long term) Natural Monopoly
Price Discriminating Monopoly $ Q D=MR AC MC Qm
Price Discriminating vs. Mono-price Monopoly $ Q D AC MC Qm MR
$ Q ATC MC D P Pm QQm Monopoly vs. Perfect Competition
Monopolistically Competitive Market $ Q MR ATC MC D
Oligopoly $ Q MC D MR
$ Q D S $ Q D S Price Ceiling /Rent ControlMinimum Price / Wage
$ Q D S Production Control/ Quota
$ Q D S Consumer surplus producer surplus
$ Q D $ Q S ┌MRP = MP*MR └MRP = W Labor Market : Demand/ Supply
$ Q D MC S=AC P* Q* Monopsony Q P
% Funds D S