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9685147009RevenuePrice x Quantity0
9685156593Accounting ProfitTotal revenue - explicit costs1
9685161496Economic Profittotal revenue- explicit + implicit costs2
9685174353Normal Profitzero economic profit, break even3
9685186435Profit Maximizing RuleMR=MC4
9685193251Total ProfitTotal revenue - total cost5
9685205376Total physical producttotal output or quantity produced6
9685210882Marginal Productthe additional output generated by additional inputs7
9685215038Average Productthe output per unit of input total product/ units of input8
9685222953Marginal Revenuethe change in total revenue generated by an additional unit of output9
9685233824Marginal Costthe change in total cost generated by producing and additional unit10
9685252559Fixed Resourceany input that doe not change with the quantity produced11
9685258100Variable Resourcesinputs that change with the quantity produced12
9685269388The law of diminishing marginal returnsas variable inputs are added to a fixed resource the additional output produced from each input will eventually fall13
9685284050Increasing marginal returnsstage 1, marginal product and total product are both increasing14
9685288272Diminishing marginal returnsstage 2, total product is increasing but at a slower rate, marginal product beings to decrease15
9685301580Negative marginal returnsstage 3, total product is decreasing and marginal product is negative16
9685321148Long runtime period in which all inputs can be variable17
9685324048Short runtime period in which at least one input is fixed18
9685332312Firm earning a profitTR > TC19
9685335730Firm breaking evenTR = TC20
9685340032Firm incurring a lossTR < TC21
9685346557Fixed Costscosts that are not affected by the quantity produced22
9685350236Variable Costscosts that change as more or less is produced23
9685360449Average Fixed Cost (AFC)=fixed cost/ quantity24
9685369570Average Variable Cost (AVC)=variable cost/ quantity25
9685372420Total Costsum of fixed costs and variable costs26
9685382587Average Total Cost (ATC)= total cost/ quantity27
9685406778Economies of scalelong run ATC decreases as output increases28
9685413716Minimum cost outputthe quantity at which ATC is lowest. Where MC intersects with the ATC curve29
9685443884Constant return to scaleThe long run ATC is at its lowest. Output increases directly in proportion to an increase in inputs30
9685471619Diseconomies of ScaleLong run ATC increases as output increases31
9685496447Characteristics of Perfect Competitionmany firms identical products low barriers to entry price takers32
9685510932Barriers to Entryany obstacle to a firm attempting to enter the market33
9685517804Types of barriers to entryeconomies of scale superior technology Geography Resource ownership government created34
9685536828Price takeran individual firm has no control over the price in the market. Price is set by equilibrium35
9685553616Shut Down Rulea firm will stop producing when the price in the market falls below their minimum AVC36
9685573384Per Unittax or subsidy that only affects VARIABLE COSTS37
9685576626Lump Sumtax or subsidy that only affects FIXED COSTS38
9685594166PC in long run equilibriumPrice= MC = Minimum ATC39
9685602510Constant Cost Industrynew firms entering the market DO NOT increase the costs for the firms already in the market40
9685618760Productive EfficiencyProducing at the lowest possible cost Where price= minimum ATC41
9685624177Allocative Efficiencyproducing the amount desired by society Where price = MC42

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