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The Theory of the Firm
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Economics
11th Grade
01/16/2013

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Fixed Factors
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Things that firms can't change immediately.
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Short Run
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Period of time in which one factor of production is fixed.
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Long Run
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Period of time in which all factors of production are variable, but the state of technology is fixed. Planning takes place in this period.
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Variable Factors
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Things that firms can change quickly according to demand.
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Law of Diminishing Return
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As extra units of a variable factor are added to a given quantity of a fixed factor, the output of each additional unit of variable factor will eventually diminish.
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Marginal Cost
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The marginal cost is the cost of each additional unit of output produced.
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Marginal Product
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It is the extra output produced by one additional unit of input in a firm.
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Average Total Cost
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The total cost of a particular level of output divided by the quantity produced. (AVC +AFC)
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Average Variable Cost
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The total cost of all variable products divided
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Average Fixed Cost
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Economies of Scale
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Diseconomies of Scale
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