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1 Chapter 7 Read this chapter together with unit five in the study guide Costs
2 Topics The Nature of Costs. Short-Run Costs. Long-Run Costs. Lower Costs in the Long Run. Cost of Producing Multiple Goods. 7-2 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
3 The Nature of Costs Economists measure all relevant costs. Explicit costs direct, out-of-pocket payments for inputs to its production process within a given time period Implicit costs reflect only a forgone opportunity rather than an explicit, current expenditure. Accountants measure costs in ways that are more consistent with tax laws and other laws. 7-3 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
4 Opportunity Cost Economic cost or opportunity cost - the value of the best alternative use of a resource. 7-4 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
5 Solved Problem 7.1 Meredith s firm sends her to a conference for managers and has paid her registration fee. Included in the registration fee is free admission to a class on how to price derivative securities such as options. She is considering attending, but her most attractive alternative opportunity is to attend a talk by Warren Buffett about his investment strategies, which is scheduled at the same time. Although she would be willing to pay $100 to hear his talk, the cost of a ticket is only $40. Given that there are no other costs involved in attending either event, what is Meredith s opportunity cost of attending the derivatives talk? 7-5 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
6 Solved Problem 7.1 (cont.) Answer: To calculate her opportunity cost, determine the benefit that Meredith would forgo by attending the derivatives class. 7-6 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
7 Costs of Durable Goods Durable good- a product that is usable for years. Two issues arise with measuring the cost of durable goods: How to allocate the initial purchase cost over time. What to do if the value of the capital changes over time. 7-7 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
8 Sunk Costs Sunk cost a past expenditure that cannot be recovered. 7-8 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
9 Short-Run Cost Measures Fixed cost (F) - a production expense that does not vary with output. Variable cost (VC) - a production expense that changes with the quantity of output produced. Cost (total cost, C) - the sum of a firm s variable cost and fixed cost: C = VC + F 7-9 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
10 Marginal Cost Marginal cost (MC) - the amount by which a firm s cost changes if the firm produces one more unit of output. C MC = q And since only variable costs change with output: MC = VC q 7-10 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
11 Average Costs Average fixed cost (AFC) - the fixed cost divided by the units of output produced: AFC = F/q. Average variable cost (AVC) - the variable cost divided by the units of output produced: AVC = VC/q. Average cost (AC) - the total cost divided by the units of output produced: AC = C/q AC = AFC + AVC Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
12 Table 7.1 Variation of Short-Run Cost with Output 7-12 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
13 Figure 7.1 Short- Run Cost Curves (a) Cost, $ 400 C VC B A F Quantit y, q, Units per d a y (b) Cost per unit, $ 60 MC b a A C A VC 8 AFC Quantit y, q, Units per d a y 7-13 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
14 Relationship Between Average and Marginal Cost Curves Cost per unit, $ When MC is lower than AC, When AC MC is is lower decreasing than AVC, AVC is decreasing b and when MC is and larger when than MC AC, is larger AC is than increases AVC, AVC is increases a MC A C A VC so MC = AC, at the lowest point of the AC curve! so MC = AVC, at the lowest point of the AVC curve! Quantit y, q, Units per d a y 7-14 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
15 Figure 7.2 Variable Cost and Total Product of Labor 7-15 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
16 Shape of the Marginal Cost Curve MC = VC/ q. But in the short run, VC = w L (can you tell why?) Therefore, MC = w L/ q The additional output created by every additional unit of labor is: q/ L = MP L Therefore, MC = w/ MP L 7-16 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
17 Shape of the Average Cost Curves AVC = VC/q. But in the short-run, with only labor as an input: AVC = VC/q = wl/q And since q/l = AP L, then AVC = VC/q = w/apl L 7-17 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
18 Application: Short-Run Cost Curves for a Furniture Manufacturer 7-18 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
19 Effects of Taxes on Costs Taxes applied to a firm shift some or all of the marginal and average cost curves Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
20 Table 7.2 Effect of a Specific Tax of $10 per Unit on Short-Run Costs 7-20 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
21 Figure 7.3 Effect of a Specific Tax on Cost Curves Costs per unit, $ 80 A $10.00 tax shifts both the AVC and MC by exactly $10 M C a = M C b + 10 M C b $10 A C a = A C b $10 A C b q, Units per d a y 7-21 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
22 Solved Problem 7.2 What is the effect of a lump-sum franchise tax on the quantity at which a firm s after tax average cost curve reaches its minimum? (Assume that the firm s beforetax average cost curve is U-shaped.) 7-22 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
23 7-23 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved. Solved Problem 7.2
24 Give fish to a man, he eats it at once; teach him how to fish and he will feed himself forever You have to learn to be independent thinkers learn to work hard, read text books not only STUDY GUIDES, make notes and NOT BE SPOON-FED 7-24 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
25 Long-Run Costs Fixed costs are avoidable in the long run. In the long F = 0. As a result, the long-run total cost equals: C = VC 7-25 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
26 Input Choice Isocost line - all the combinations of inputs that require the same (iso-) total expenditure (cost). The firm s total cost equation is: C = wl + rk. Labor Costs Capital Costs 7-26 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
27 7-27 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved. Input Choice (cont.) The firm s total cost equation is: C = wl + rk. We get the Isocost equation by setting fixing the costs at a particular level: C = wl + rk. And then solving for K (variable along y- axis): K = C r - w L r
28 Table 7.3 Bundles of Labor and Capital That Cost the Firm $ Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
29 Figure 7.4 A Family of Isocost Lines K, Units of capital per y ear 10 = $100 $ e For each extra unit of capital it uses, the firm must use two fewer units of labor to hold its cost constant. d Isocost Equation C K = - w L r r Initial Values C = $100 w = $5 r = $ K = 2.5 c L = 5 Slope = -1/2 = w/r b $100 isocost a $100 $5 = 20 L, Units of labor per y ear 7-29 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
30 Your test It shall be marked out of multiple choice questions 31 marks from structured questions Total time will be 2 hours Do not bring any paper you will write on the question papers and hand them in after the test You MUST work hard and pass the test Missing the test without prior arrangement will result in a mark of ZERO being recorded, and I SHALL NOT INTERTAIN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
31 Figure 7.4 A Family of Isocost Lines K, Units of capital per y ear 15 = 10 = $150 $10 $100 $10 e Isocost Equation C K = - w L r r An increase in C. Initial Values C = $150 w = $5 r = $10 $100 isocost $150 isocost $100 $5 a = 20 $150 $5 = 30 L, Units of labor per y ear 7-31 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
32 Figure 7.4 A Family of Isocost Lines K, Units of capital per y ear 15 = 10 = $150 $10 $100 $10 e A decrease in C. Isocost Equation C K = - w L r r Initial Values C = $50 w = $5 r = $10 5 = $50 $10 $50 isocost $100 isocost $150 isocost $50 $5 = 10 $100 $5 a = 20 $150 $5 = 30 L, Units of labor per y ear 7-32 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
33 Combining Cost and Production Information The firm can choose any of three equivalent approaches to minimize its cost: Lowest-isocost rule - pick the bundle of inputs where the lowest isocost line touches the isoquant. Tangency rule - pick the bundle of inputs where the isoquant is tangent to the isocost line. Last-dollar rule - pick the bundle of inputs where the last dollar spent on one input gives as much extra output as the last dollar spent on any other input Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
34 Figure 7.5 Cost Minimization K, Units of capital per hour 100 $3,000 isocost $2,000 isocost $1,000 isocost q = 100 isoquant Which of these three Isocost would allow the firm to produce the 100 units of output at the lowest possible cost? x Isocost Equation C K = - w L r r Isoquant Slope MP L - = MRTS MP K 0 50 L, Units of labor per hour Initial Values q = 100 C = $2,000 w = $24 r = $ Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
35 Figure 7.5 Cost Minimization K, Units of capital per hour 303 $3,000 isocost $2,000 isocost q = 100 isoquant y Isocost Equation C K = r r Isoquant Slope - - w L MP L MP K = MRTS $1,000 isocost x z Initial Values q = 100 C = $2,000 w = $24 r = $ L, Units of labor per hour 7-35 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
36 Cost Minimization At the point of tangency, the slope of the isoquant equals the slope of the isocost. Therefore, MRTS MRTS MP MP K MP w L L w = last-dollar rule: cost is r minimized if inputs are MPL = chosen so MPK that the last dollar spent w on labor adds as much = extra output as the last r dollar spent on capital. MPK = r 7-36 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
37 K, Units of capital per hour Figure 7.5 Cost Minimization $3,000 isocost $2,000 isocost $1,000 isocost q = 100 isoquant y MP L w x = MP L = 0.6q/L MP K = 0.4q/K MP K r = Initial Values q = 100 C = $2,000 w = $24 r = $ = = Spending one more dollar on labor at x gets the firm as much extra output as spending the same amount on capital. 28 z L, Units of labor per hour 7-37 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
38 K, Units of capital per hour Figure 7.5 Cost Minimization $3,000 isocost $2,000 isocost $1,000 isocost q = 100 isoquant y MP L = w MP K r = x MP L = 0.6q/L MP K = 0.4q/K = 0.1 = Initial Values q = 100 C = $2,000 w = $24 r = $8 if So the the firm shifts firm one dollar should from shift capital to labor, even output more falls by resources because from there is less capital capital to labor but also increases which increases by 0.1 the because marginal there product is more labor of capital for a net and gain of decreases more the output at the marginal same cost. product of labor. 28 z L, Units of labor per hour 7-38 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
39 Figure 7.6 Change in Factor Price K, Units of capital per hour O r iginal isocost, $2,000 N e w isocost, $1,032 q = 100 isoquant A decrease in w. x v Minimizing Cost Rule MP L MP w = K r Initial Values q = 100 C = $2,000 w = $24 r = $8 w 2 = $8 C 2 = $1, L, W o r k ers per hour 7-39 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
40 7-40 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved. Solved Problem 7.3 If it manufactures at home, a firm faces input prices for labor and capital of wˆ and rˆ and produces qˆ units of output using Lˆ units of labor and Kˆ units of capital. Abroad, the wage and cost of capital are half as much as at home. If the firm manufactures abroad, will it change the amount of labor and capital it uses to produce qˆ? What happens to its cost of producing qˆ?
41 Solved Problem 7.3 Answer: Determine whether the change in factor prices affects the slopes of the isoquant or the isocost lines. Using a rule for cost minimization, determine whether the firm changes its input mix. Calculate the original cost and the new cost and compare them Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
42 How Long-Run Cost Varies with Output Expansion path - the cost-minimizing combination of labor and capital for each output level 7-42 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
43 Figure 7.7(a) Expansion Path and Long-Run Cost Curve K, Units of capital per hour $4,000 isocost $3,000 isocost Expansion path $2,000 isocost x y z q = 200 Isoquant q = 150 Isoquant q = 100 Isoquant L, W o r k ers per hour 7-43 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
44 Figure 7.7(b) Expansion Path and Long-Run Cost Curve 7-44 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
45 Solved Problem 7.4 What is the long-run cost function for a fixed-proportions production function (Chapter 6) when it takes one unit of labor and one unit of capital to produce one unit of output? Describe the long-run cost curve. Answer: Multiply the inputs by their prices, and sum to determine total cost Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
46 The Shape of Long Run Cost Curves The shape of long run cost curves is determined by the production function relationship between output and inputs Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
47 Figure 7.8 Long- Run Cost Curves 7-47 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
48 Economies of Scale Economies of scale - property of a cost function whereby the average cost of production falls as output expands. Diseconomies of scale - property of a cost function whereby the average cost of production rises when output increases Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
49 Table 7.4 Returns to Scale and Long-Run Costs 7-49 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
50 Table 7.5 Shape of Average Cost Curves in Canadian Manufacturing 7-50 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
51 Lower Costs in the Long Run In its long-run planning, a firm chooses a plant size and makes other investments so as to minimize its long-run cost on the basis of how many units it produces. Once it chooses its plant size and equipment, these inputs are fixed in the short run. Thus, the firm s long-run decision determines its short-run cost Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
52 Figure 7.9 Long-Run Average Cost as the Envelope of Short-Run Average Cost Curves A v e r age cost, $ SR A C 3 LR A C SR A C 1 SR A C 3 SR A C a b c d e 0 q 1 q 2 q, Output per d a y 7-52 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
53 Application: Long-Run Cost Curves in Furniture Manufacturing and Oil Pipelines 7-53 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
54 Application: Long-Run Cost Curves in Furniture Manufacturing and Oil Pipelines 7-54 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
55 Application: Choosing an Ink-Jet or a Laser Printer 7-55 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
56 Figure 7.10 Long-Run and Short-Run Expansion Paths 7-56 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
57 How Learning by Doing Lowers Costs Learning by doing - the productive skills and knowledge that workers and managers gain from experience 7-57 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
58 Figure 7.11 Learning by Doing 7-58 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
59 Why Costs Fall over Time Technological or organizational progress may increase productivity. Operating at a larger scale in the long run may lower average costs due to increasing returns to scale. The firm s workers and managers may become more proficient over time due to learning by doing Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
60 Cost of Producing Multiple Goods Economies of scope - situation in which it is less expensive to produce goods jointly than separately. Production possibility frontier - the maximum amount of outputs that can be produced from a fixed amount of input Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
61 Economies of scope. If the cost of producing the two goods separately (C(q1,0) and C(0, q2)) is the same as the cost of producing the two goods together, then SC = 0 If it is cheaper to produce the two goods jointly, then SC >0 If it is more expensive to produce the two goods jointly, then SC<0, i.e. diseconomies of scope 7-61 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
62 Figure 7.12 Joint Production 7-62 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
63 Figure 7.13 Technology Choice 7-63 Copyright 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
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