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1 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 1 The Costs of Production 2012

2 1. Distinguish between the economic short run and the economic long run. 2. Understand the relationship between the marginal product of labour and the average product of labour. 3. Explain and illustrate the relationship between marginal cost and average total cost. 4. Graph average total cost, average variable cost, average fixed cost, and marginal cost. 5. Understand how firms use the long-run average cost curve to plan. Learning Objectives

3 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 3 Economics Costs Opportunity cost: The highest-valued alternative that must be given up to engage in an activity. Explicit costs A cost that involves spending money. Implicit costs A non-monetary opportunity cost. Normal profit is a cost, the minimum payment to retain factors of production by a firm, a fixed cost?

4 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 4 Economic, or Pure, Profits Economic profit – the difference between total revenue and opportunity cost of all inputs – Accounting vs economic profit Accounting profit includes economic profit and all implicit costs EconomicprofitTotalrevenue Opportunity cost of all inputs = –

5 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 5 Economic Profits Implicit costs (including a normal profit) Explicit Costs Accounting costs (explicit costs only) Accounting Profits Economic (Opportunity) Costs Total Revenue Profits to an Economist Profits to an Accountant Summary of Costs and Profits

6 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 6 Short and Long Run Variable Costs – Factors of production whose quantity can be increased or decreased during a particular period Fixed Costs – Factors of production whose quantity cannot be increased or decreased during a particular period

7 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 7 Short and Long Run (cont.) Short run – a period of time where at least one factor is fixed, usually capital stock is fixed, and all others are variable. Long run – a time period where all factors of production, even the capital stock, can be varied – How long is the short run? The time required for a firm to alter its capital stock. This will vary depending on the nature of the firm

8 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 8 Short-Run Production Costs Law of Diminishing Returns – as successive units of a variable resource (say, labour) are added to a fixed resource (say, capital) beyond some point the extra, or marginal product attributable to each additional unit of the variable resource will decline – Hence, the SR supply curve will be upward sloping for firms and the industry

9 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 9 0 123456789 0 10 10 25 2537475560636362 ]10.012.512.311.811.010.09.07.96.9 ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] Inputs of thevariableresource Extra or marginalproduct Averageproduct Totalproduct 10 101512108530 –1

10 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 10 Short-Run Production Costs Marginal Product (MP) – additional output resulting from the addition of an extra unit of a resource Average Product (AP) – the total output per unit of resource employed – total product divided by number of workers Total Product (TP) – the total output of a good produced by a firm

11 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 11 Law of Diminishing Returns Total Product, TP Quantity of Labour Average Product, AP, and Marginal Product, MP Quantity of Labour Marginal Product Average Product Total Output

12 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 12 Fixed, Variable & Total Costs Fixed costs – do not vary with changes in output Variable costs – vary with changes in output Total costs – the sum of fixed and variable costs at each level of output

13 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 13 Total Costs Quantity Costs (dollars) TC Total Cost Fixed Cost TVC Variable Cost TFC

14 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 14 Marginal Costs Marginal Cost (MC) – the extra, or additional cost of producing one more unit of output Marginal Cost = Change in Total Costs Change in Quantity

15 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 15 Marginal Costs Quantity Short-run average costs (dollars) AFC AVC ATC MC The distance between ATC and AVC is AFC so these two curves should converge.

16 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 16 Marginal Costs & Marginal Products Given the price of the variable resource, increasing returns (marginal product) will be reflected in a declining marginal cost, and diminishing returns (marginal product) in a rising marginal cost. Marginal costs are driven by variable and not fixed costs. Marginal costs curve is the supply curve, which is discussed in the next topic.

17 ADVERTISING Advertising is used by firms to change tastes and preferences and so increase demand, and may be P and Q and hence TR. Fixed or variable costs Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 17

18 QANTAS The focus of Qantas adverting seems to be brand promotion rather then encouraging sales. See for example the huge sums of money spent on sponsor ship, eg the Qantas Wallabies, the Australian girls’ choir etc. So, advertising tends to be a fixed cost. Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 18

19 VIRGIN The focus of Virgin adverts seems to be putting bums on seats. So, extra adverting tends to increase sales. So, adverting tends to be a variable cost. Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 19

20 PLANE OWNERSHIP Fixed or variable costs? Until recently Qantas has owned all of its planes. So, are planes a fixed cost? 20

21 PLANE OWNERSHIP Fixed or variable costs. Virgin does not own any of its planes. So, are planes a variable cost? 21

22 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 22 Marginal Cost Relationships When MC > ATC – ATC increases When MC < AC – ATC falls When ATC = MC – ATC is at its minimum

23 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 23 Long-Run Production Costs All factors variable – all costs are variable Long-run cost curve – shape depends on economies of scale – scale is defined as different levels of plant utilisation

24 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 24 Long-Run Production Costs (cont.) Unit Costs Output For every plant capacity size... there is a short-run ATC curve, and every ATC has a minimum cost

25 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 25 Long-Run Production Costs Unit Costs Output An infinite number of such cost curves can be constructed

26 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 26 Long-Run Production Costs Unit Costs Output The long-run ATC just ‘envelops’ all the short-run ATC curves

27 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 27 Long-Run Production Costs Long-run ATC Unit Costs Output

28 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 28 Economies and Diseconomies of Scale Internal economies of scale External economies of scale Economies of scale – ATC falls as plant size increases Diseconomies of scale – ATC increases as plant size increases Constant returns of scale – ATC constant as plant size increases

29 29 Economies and Diseconomies of Scale Internal economies of scale arise from: – Labour specialisation – Managerial specialisation – Efficient use of capital – By-products A good example is a car factory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4KrIMZpwCY

30 Economies and Diseconomies of Scale Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 30 External economies of scale arise from the development of networks and clusters, which increase productivity and lower costs by making better use of infrastructure or knowledge Also know as agglomeration economies A good example is the network of component firms that surround a car factory.

31 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 31 Diseconomies of scale Constant returns to scale Economies of scale Long-Run ATC Curves Unit Costs Output Long-run ATC

32 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 32 Minimum Efficiency Scale MES is the smallest level of output at which a firm can minimise long-run average costs Natural monopoly, has a MES that is large than the demand of the industry, so one firm can produce at a lower cost than if two or more firms were in the industry.

33 Economies of scope Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 33 In economies of scope, firms should take cost advantages by providing a variety of related products to make full use of the inputs rather than specializing in the delivery of a single product. Sharing or joint utilization of inputs among similar products are the main reason for economies of scale.

34 Firm/market diagrams Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 34 Copyright  2004 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs t/a Microeconomics 7/e by Jackson and McIver Slides prepared by Muni Perumal, University of Canberra, Australia. 34 MC

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