1. COST THEORY AND ANALYSIS 2. NATURE OF COSTS Actual cost: cost incurred in production Opportunity cost: return from the second best use offirm’s resources which…
Chapter 7: Chapter 7: The Theory and Estimation of Cost 1 The Importance of Cost in Managerial Decisions Ways to contain or cut costs over the past decade Most common: reduce…
Economics 101: Principles of Economics Lectures on Perfect Competition Short-Run Costs of Production A firm’s production costs equal explicit + implicit costs (i.e., the…
Chapter Objectives Explicit and implicit costs Law of diminishing returns Fixed and variable costs Total, average, and marginal costs The firmâs size in the long run 8-*…