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- 1. 5 FIRM BEHAVIOR AND THE ORGANIZATION OF INDUSTRY
- 11. Figure 1 Economic versus Accountants Copyright © 2004 South-Western How an Economist Views a Firm How an Accountant Views a Firm Revenue Total opportunity costs Revenue Economic profit Implicit costs Explicit costs Explicit costs Accounting profit
- 12. Table 1 A Production Function and Total Cost: Hungry Helen’s Cookie Factory Copyright©2004 South-Western
- 16. Figure 2 Hungry Helen’s Production Function Copyright © 2004 South-Western Quantity of Output (cookies per hour) 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Number of Workers Hired 0 1 2 3 4 5 Production function
- 19. Table 1 A Production Function and Total Cost: Hungry Helen’s Cookie Factory Copyright©2004 South-Western
- 20. Figure 3 Hungry Helen’s Total-Cost Curve Copyright © 2004 South-Western Total Cost $80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Quantity of Output (cookies per hour) 0 10 20 30 150 130 110 90 70 50 40 140 120 100 80 60 Total-cost curve
- 24. Table 2 The Various Measures of Cost: Thirsty Thelma’s Lemonade Stand Copyright©2004 South-Western
- 28. Table 2 The Various Measures of Cost: Thirsty Thelma’s Lemonade Stand Copyright©2004 South-Western
- 32. Figure 4 Thirsty Thelma’s Total-Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western Total Cost $15.00 14.00 13.00 12.00 11.00 10.00 9.00 8.00 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 Quantity of Output (glasses of lemonade per hour) 0 1 4 3 2 7 6 5 9 8 10 Total-cost curve
- 33. Figure 5 Thirsty Thelma’s Average-Cost and Marginal-Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western Costs $3.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.50 0.25 Quantity of Output (glasses of lemonade per hour) 0 1 4 3 2 7 6 5 9 8 10 MC ATC AVC AFC
- 35. Figure 5 Thirsty Thelma’s Average-Cost and Marginal-Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western Costs $3.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.50 0.25 Quantity of Output (glasses of lemonade per hour) 0 1 4 3 2 7 6 5 9 8 10 MC
- 38. Figure 5 Thirsty Thelma’s Average-Cost and Marginal-Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western Costs $3.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.50 0.25 Quantity of Output (glasses of lemonade per hour) 0 1 4 3 2 7 6 5 9 8 10 ATC
- 41. Figure 5 Thirsty Thelma’s Average-Cost and Marginal-Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western Costs $3.50 3.25 3.00 2.75 2.50 2.25 2.00 1.75 1.50 1.25 1.00 0.75 0.50 0.25 Quantity of Output (glasses of lemonade per hour) 0 1 4 3 2 7 6 5 9 8 10 ATC MC
- 44. Figure 6 Big Bob’s Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western (a) Total-Cost Curve $18.00 16.00 14.00 12.00 10.00 8.00 6.00 4.00 Quantity of Output (bagels per hour) TC 4 2 6 8 14 12 10 2.00 Total Cost 0
- 45. Figure 6 Big Bob’s Cost Curves Copyright © 2004 South-Western (b) Marginal- and Average-Cost Curves Quantity of Output (bagels per hour) Costs $3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0 4 2 6 8 14 12 10 MC ATC AVC AFC
- 49. Figure 7 Average Total Cost in the Short and Long Run Copyright © 2004 South-Western Quantity of Cars per Day 0 Average Total Cost 1,200 $12,000 ATC in short run with small factory ATC in short run with medium factory ATC in short run with large factory ATC in long run
- 51. Figure 7 Average Total Cost in the Short and Long Run Copyright © 2004 South-Western Quantity of Cars per Day 0 Average Total Cost 1,200 $12,000 1,000 10,000 Economies of scale ATC in short run with small factory ATC in short run with medium factory ATC in short run with large factory ATC in long run Diseconomies of scale Constant returns to scale