ARE 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Marginal Product, Marginal Cost, Opportunity Cost

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7 Dec 2016

School

UConn

Department

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Course

ARE 1150

Professor

Emma Bojinova

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Document Summary

Technology- processes a firm uses to turn inputs into outputs of goods and services. Technological change- change in the ability of a firm to produce a given level of output with a given quantity of inputs. Short run- at least one of a firm"s inputs is fixed. Long run- firm can vary all its inputs, adopt new technology, and increase or decrease the size of its physical plant. Total cost- costs of all the inputs a firm uses in production. Variable costs- costs that change as output changes. Fixed costs- costs that remain constant as output changes. Production function- relationship between the inputs employed by a firm and the maximum output it can produce with those inputs. Atc- total cost divided by the quantity of output produced- u-shape. Marginal product of labor- additional output a firm produces as a result of hiring one more worker.

Related Questions

1. The slope of the total product curve measures

a. the marginal rate of technical substitution.

b. marginal product.

c. average product.

d. the maximum average product.

e. minimum product.

2. The Law of Diminishing Returns to a variable input (such as labor) assumes that

a. there is at least one fixed input.

b. all inputs are changed by the same percentage.

c. the firm is operating in the short run.

d. all inputs are held constant.

e. a and c.

3. An isoquant curve identifies

a. the maximum output possible, given a fixed budget.

b. the different combinations of goods the can be produced, given fixed amounts of inputs.

c. the different combinations of inputs that can be used to produce a fixed rate of output.

d. none of the above.

4. The ratio of total productivity to the total quantity of a variable input being used in production is

a. equal to marginal physical productivity of the input.

b. constant as employment levels of the input vary.

c. equal to average physical productivity of the input.

d. equal to the marginal rate of technical substitution.

Consider a firm that has fixed costs of $50. Complete the following table:

Output	Fixed Cost (FC)	Variable Cost (VC)	Total Cost (TC)	Average Total Cost (ATC)	Marginal Cost (MC)
1		$20
2		28
3		40
4		55
5		75

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The law of eventually diminishing marginal returns: (Points : 1)

a. states that each and every increase in the amount of the variable factor employed in the production process will yield diminishing marginal returns.
b. is a mathematical theorem that can be logically proved or disproved
c. is the rate at which one input may be substituted for another input in the production process
d. None of the above

The marginal product is defined as: (Points : 1)

a. the ratio of total output to the amount of the variable input used in producing the output
b. the incremental change in total output that can be produced by the use of one more unit of the variable input in the production process
c. the percentage change in output resulting from a given percentage change in the amount of the variable input X employed in the production process with Y
d. None of the above

The rate at which one input X may be substituted for another input Y in a production process, while total output remains constant, is: (Points : 1)

a. the slope of the isoquant curve
b. the marginal rate of technical substitution

c. equal to MPx/MPy

d. all of the above
e. none of the above

Marginal revenue product is: (Points : 1)

a. defined as the amount that an additional unit of the variable input adds to the total revenue
b. equal to the marginal factor cost of the variable factor times the marginal revenue resulting from the increase in output obtained
c. equal to the marginal product of the variable factor times the marginal product resulting from the increase in output obtained
d. a and b
e. a and c

Marginal factor cost is defined as the amount that an additional unit of the variable unit of the variable input adds to ____________. (Points : 1)

a. marginal cost
b. variable cost
c. marginal rate of technical substitution
d. total cost
e. none of the above

In the Cobb-Douglas production function Q=aL^?1.K^?2 ______________. (Points : 1)

a. the marginal product of labor (L) is equal to ?1
b. the average product of labor (L) is equal to ?2
c. if the amount of labor input (L) is increased by 1 percent, then output will increase by ?1 percent
d. a and b
e. a and c