Cost Analysis and Estimation F U N D A M E N T A L S O F MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS M A R K H I R S C H E Y Chapter 8 Cost Analysis and Estimation PowerPoint Presentation by Charlie Cook © 2003 South-Western/Thomson Learning
Short-Run Cost Curves Figure 8.1 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Total Cost Function for a Production System Exhibiting Increasing, Then Decreasing, Returns to Scale Figure 8.2 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Short-Run Cost Curves for Four Scales of Plant Figure 8.3 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Long-Run Average Cost Curve as the Envelope of Short-Run Average Cost Curves Figure 8.4 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Effect of Transportation Costs on Optimal Plant Size Figure 8.5 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Three Possible Long-Run Average Cost Curves for a Multiplant Firm Figure 8.6 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Plainfield Electronics: Single Versus Multiplant Operation Figure 8.7 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Probability Distributions of Demand Figure 8.8 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Alternative Plants for Production of Expected 5,000 Units of Output Figure 8.9 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Long-Run Average Cost Curve Effects of Learning Figure 8.10 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Learning Curve on an Arithmetic Scale Figure 8.11 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Linear Cost-Volume-Profit Chart Figure 8.12 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Breakeven and Operating Leverage Figure 8.13a Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Breakeven and Operating Leverage (cont’d) Figure 8.13b Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Breakeven and Operating Leverage (cont’d) Figure 8.13c Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e
Cost and Production Functions Figure P8.1 Fundamentals of Managerial Economics 7e