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8.1 Prepare - Cost and Industry Structure
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Instructions
Prepare for the week by reading the following. Then answer and submit your answers to the questions that follow. Principles of Microeconomics Chapter 7: Cost and Industry Structure
(https://openstax.org/books/principles-microeconomics-
2e/pages/7-introduction-to-production-costs-and-industry-structure)
The Key Terms
(https://openstax.org/books/principles-microeconomics-2e/pages/7-key-terms) and Key Concepts and Summary
(https://openstax.org/books/principles-microeconomics-2e/pages/7-key-concepts-and-summary) sections
Cost of Production – Microeconomics 3.3 (Part 1)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucJBO9UTmwo) (5:17)
Cost Curves – Microeconomics 3.3 (Part 2)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYKJdooEnwU) (3:13)
Marginal Cost and Average Total Cost – Micro 3.4
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3m9FC3T3vw) (3:16)
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Automobile manufacturing is an industry subject to significant economies of scale.
Suppose there are four domestic auto manufacturers, but the demand for domestic autos is no more than 2.5 times the quantity produced
at the bottom of the long-run average cost curve.
What do you expect will happen to the domestic auto industry in the long run?
When production increases, fixed costs will be allocated to a higher output volume. Variable cost per unit and fixed cost per unit will
decline, and thus, the production efficiency will increase. This shows economies of scale. But whenever the output goes beyond a
particular limit, the average costs will rise. It may lead to diseconomies of scale.
When demand is reduced, and the actual output can't be sold due to various issues, the firm may not survive in the long run. The demand
reduction may be due to demand for foreign automobiles, an increase in fuel price, or a lack of quality or efficiency.
According to the question, there are four domestic auto manufacturers. As the demand for domestic autos is not greater than 2.5 times the
quantity produced at the bottom of the long-run average cost curve, any of the four firms will not exist in the long run. Also, at least
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any one of the four firms will be striving to face such a difficult situation.
Would you consider an interest payment on a loan to a firm an explicit or implicit cost?
An interest payment on a loan to a firm would be considered an explicit cost because it involves a direct outlay of money by the firm to pay
for the interest expense. Explicit costs are the actual monetary expenses incurred by a firm in the production process. They are expenses
easily identified and recorded in the firm's accounting records, such as wages, rent, and materials costs. On the other hand, implicit costs
are non-monetary costs not recorded in the accounting records but still represent an opportunity cost to the firm, such as the opportunity
cost of using the owner's capital or the opportunity cost of foregone alternative uses of resources. Since an interest payment is a monetary
expense the firm must pay out to borrow funds, it is considered an explicit cost.
What is a production function?
In economics, a production function relates to the physical output of a production process to physical inputs or factors of production. It is a
mathematical function that relates the maximum output obtained from a given number of inputs – generally capital and labor. The
production function, therefore, describes a boundary or frontier representing the limit of output obtainable from each feasible combination
of inputs.
In choosing a production technology, how will firms react if one input becomes relatively more expensive?
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the following average-total-cost schedule:
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600
300
601
301
Your current level of production is 600 devices, all of which have been sold. Someone calls, desperate to buy one of your music players. The caller offers you $550 for it.
You ( should , or should not ) ? accept the offer.
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Quantity
Total Cost
Variable Cost
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(Dollars)
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0
280
0
1
320
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2
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70
3
380
100
4
420
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5
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6
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250
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6
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7
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8
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A. In the short run the size of the factory is fixed
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4. Firm's Costs
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5
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(LAST)
(FIRST)
Aggregate Cost Data
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Cost
TC
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Quantity Fixed Variable Total Change in I Cost
of
Output (FC) (VC)
Cost
ATC
Cost
Cost Total Cost
(TC) (ATC)
Plot
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Output
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Cost
IFC
VC
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50
100
600
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