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Costs
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Production function gives technically feasible combinations of
inputs- Isoquants
*Isocost functions: Opportunity set
wL + rK = Tentative Budget
Production function and isocost functions are superimposed
and solved for arriving at the optimal combination.
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Point of tangency
Mathematically, slopes are equal
Equating the slopes we can solve for L and k
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Work out one example.
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Data requirements
Output levels, levels of inputs and their prices
These are the data require to arrive at Cost
functions
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An Example
An Example:
Short run production fn:Q = 5*60 0.5L 0.5
Q = 5 60L
Q2 = 1500L
L = Q2/1500; K = 60
R=5 w=10
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Short run cost figures for different Qs:
Q L K FC VC TC
0 0 60 300 0 300
100 6.67 300 66.7 366.67
200 26.67 300 266.7 566.7
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Short Run Cost Fn
How will it look?
What will it reflect?
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Short run cost Fn
It will reflect the behaviour of the MP of the
variable inputs.
That is eventually diminishing MP.
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Graphical representation
Var input
MP MC
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SR Total cost
TC
Q of output
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Long run total cost fn
How does returns to scale affect total costs?
Therefore, how does it affect average cost?
And so, how does it affect Marginal cost?
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Costs are Economic
Valuing a resource based on:
Opportunity cost - economic cost whenthere is no explicit cash outflow ; NO
economic cost when there is a cash outflow!!
The concept of relevant cost
In the long run, there is no such thing as a
free lunch.
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Long run
In the long run, scale expansion can lead to:
- returns to scale
- change in the process resulting in varying
input proportions
- change in input prices because of buyer
power due to large scale
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Long run in the context of costs
All these impact costs:
Economies and diseconomies of scale
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Long run cost functions
Longrun cost functions are similar but NO fixedfactor input. The fixed factor is interpreted as
technology.
Estimated empirically.
Cubic form to accommodate economies of scale in
the long run and diminishing returns in the short run.
Eg: TC= 200 +5Q -0.04Q2+ 0.001Q3
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Family of cost functions
Average Total Cost
Average Fixed Cost
Average Variable Cost Marginal cost
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Shapes of this?
Reflects the corresponding Production function.
Increasing returns corresponds to deceasing cost
Decreasing returns corresponds to increasing cost.
* A cubic fn captures both the phases.
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Mathematically, Marginal Cost(MC) is the derivative of TC
dTC/dQ is therefore the Marginal Cost.
Given TC function, we can get the MC Fn.
In the example,Given TC=200+5Q-.04Q2+0.001Q3,
MC=dTC/dQ=5-0.08Q+0.003Q2
AC=TC/Q=200/Q+5-0.04Q+0.001Q2
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We can derive AVC and AFC also
Min of the AC can also be derived as
dAC/dQ =0
This will give us that level of output at which
AC is MINIMUM.
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A problem
A Problem:
Given TC=100,000Q-1000Q
2
+10Q
3
A firm is planning to enter with a capacity of25 million.Given that the going price is
Rs.75000 per million and that the sellercannot change this price, should he goahead?
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Solution:
AC= 100000-1000Q+10Q2
dAC/dQ=-1000+20Q=0
20Q=1000
Q=50 mill
At 50 mill , AC=75,000 which is equal to the price. The firm should set up a capacity of 50 million.
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Economies of scope
C(q1,q2) < c(q1)+c(q2)
Index:((C(q1)+C(q2)- C(q1,q2))/C(q1,q2)
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Measurement of economies of scale
Cost-output elasticity?
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Profits
*Profit is max where the difference between TR and
TC is MAX.
This is at the level of Q*
*At Q* slopes of TC and TR are equal.
* Same as saying MC is equal to MR
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With MC and MR(in the first set of ppts) we
can define profit maximizing output as:
That level of output at which MC=MR
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Profit maximization
Is this condition sufficient?
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Second order condition:That point beyond
which MC exceeds MR.
Third condition: Does the price cover the AC
at this optimal level?
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First order condition:
dTR/dq = dTC/dq which is MR = MCSecond order condition:
For a maximum is d2/ dq2
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Supply curve
Derivation: The context- Price taking firm
The Profit maximizing rule becomes:
MC = MR , since MR = P, becomesMC = P
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So at different Prices, MC = P happens atdifferent quantities.
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Supply curve is derived from the rising part of
the MC curve above the minimum Average
Cost.
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Market Supply curve
Aggregation of individual supply curves.
Thus the two forces interact to determine the
equilibrium price.
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What the equlibrium price will be depends on the
relative strengths of the players who constitute the forces of
demand and supply.
*The relative strengths of the players on the Supply side
depends on the kind of Market structure they are operating in.
That takes us on to Market structures.