Chapter 6 Cost and Choice
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide 6- 2 Figure 6.1 A Simplified Jam-Making Technology
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide 6- 3 Figure 6.2 The Cost Function for Our Simplified Jam-Making Technology
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide 6- 4 Figure 6.3 The Jam-Making Technology
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide 6- 5 Figure 6.4 Isocost Curves and the Optimal Combination of Inputs
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide 6- 6 Figure 6.5 Isocosts and Isoquants
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide 6- 7 Figure 6.6 A Long-Run Cost Function
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide 6- 8 Figure 6.7 The Optimal Combination of Inputs in the Short Run
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide 6- 9 Figure 6.8 The Leontief Production Function
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.9 Optimal Input Combinations in the Leontief Technology
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.10 A Cost Function Associated with the Leontief Technology
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.11 Isoquants Associated with the Cobb- Douglas Technology
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.12 Cobb-Douglas Production Function
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.13 The Elasticity of Substitution
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.14(a) Long- and Short-Run Production Functions
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.14(b) Long- and Short-Run Production Functions
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.15(a) Short-Run Cost Function
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.15(b) Short-Run Cost Function
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.16 Some Short-Run Average Cost Curves
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.17 Short-Run Total Cost Functions and a Long-Run Total Cost Function
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.18 The Long-Run and Average Cost Curve
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.19 Long-Run and Short-Run Cost Functions
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.20 The Relationship between Long-Run and Short-Run Marginal Cost Functions
Copyright © 2001 Addison Wesley LongmanSlide Figure 6.21 Long-Run and Short-Run Marginal Costs