Costs
Short-run costs Total cost
Output (Q) TFC (R) 12 Total costs for firm X
TFC Output (Q) TFC (R) 12 Total costs for firm X
TFC Output (Q) TFC (R) 12 TVC (R) Total costs for firm X
TVC Output (Q) TFC (R) 12 TVC (R) TFC Total costs for firm X
TVC TFC Diminishing marginal returns set in here Total costs for firm X
TVC Output (Q) TFC (R) 12 TVC (R) TFC Total costs for firm X
TVC TFC Output (Q) TFC (R) 12 TVC (R) TC (R) Total costs for firm X
TC Output (Q) TFC (R) 12 TVC (R) TC (R) TVC TFC Total costs for firm X
TC TVC TFC Diminishing marginal returns set in here Total costs for firm X
Short-run costs Marginal cost = TC / Q
Deriving marginal costs Q TC MC Q Costs (R)
TC Deriving marginal costs Q TC MC Q Costs (R)
Q TC MC TC TC = 12 Q = 1 Q Costs (R) Deriving marginal costs
TC MC Diminishing returns set in here Q Costs (R) Deriving marginal costs Q TC MC
MC Q Costs (R) Deriving marginal costs Diminishing marginal returns set in here
Short-run costs Average cost =TC / Q
Q Costs (R)
Q TVC AVC Q Costs (R) AFC
3 Q TVC AVC Q Costs (R) AFC AVC
Q TC AC Q Costs (R) AFC AVC
Q TC AC Q Costs (R) AC AFC AVC
Q TC MC Q Costs (R)
MC Q TC MC Q Costs (R)
Q TC MC AC MC Q Costs (R)
Q TC MC AC MC Q Costs (R) AC
Output (Q) Costs (R) AFC AVC MC x AC z y Average and marginal costs
Long-run costs =TC / Q
Alternative long-run average cost curves Output O Costs LRAC Economies of Scale
Output O Costs LRAC Diseconomies of Scale Alternative long-run average cost curves
Output O Costs LRAC Constant costs Alternative long-run average cost curves
A typical long-run average cost curve Output O Costs LRAC
Output O Costs LRAC Economies of scale Constant costs Diseconomies of scale A typical long-run average cost curve
Long-run average and marginal costs Output O Costs LRAC LRMC Economies of Scale
Output O Costs LRAC LRMC Diseconomies of Scale Long-run average and marginal costs
Output O Costs LRAC = LRMC Constant costs Long-run average and marginal costs
Output O Costs LRMC LRAC Initial economies of scale, then diseconomies of scale Long-run average and marginal costs
Long-run costs Relationship between short-run and long-run AC curves
Deriving long-run average cost curves: factories of fixed size SRAC 3 Costs Output O SRAC 4 SRAC 5 5 factories 4 factories 3 factories 2 factories 1 factory SRAC 1 SRAC 2
SRAC 1 SRAC 3 SRAC 2 SRAC 4 SRAC 5 LRAC Costs Output O Deriving long-run average cost curves: factories of fixed size
Costs Output O Examples of short-run average cost curves Deriving long-run average cost curves: choice of factory size
LRAC Costs Output O Deriving long-run average cost curves: choice of factory size