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17) The short run is a time frame in which A) at least one factor of production is fixed. B) the amount of output produced is fixed. C) the firm is not able to hire more workers. D) there is a shortage of most factors of production E) there is not enough time to make all of the decisions necessary to maximize profit.

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16) The long run is a time frame in which A) the firm can hire all the workers it wants to employ, but it does not have sufficient time to buy more equipment. B) the firm is able to maximize revenue. c) the quantities of all factors of production can be varied. D) economic efficiency is achieved. E) the firm may want to build a bigger plant, but cannot do so.

A firm selling output in a competitive market produces output using fixed factors and one variable factor. The short run production function is equation where x is the amount of variable factor used. The price of the output produced is $2 and the price of variable factor is $10. In the short run, what is this firm's maximum profit?

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Is it true that in a short-run production process, the marginal cost curve eventually slopes upward because firms have to pay workers a higher wage rate as they produce more output? Explain your answer.

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According to the definition of the short-run in Investopedia, the short-run, in economics, expresses the concept that an economy behaves differently depending on the length of time it has to react to certain stimuli. The short-run does not refer to a specific duration of time but rather is unique to the firm, industry, or economic variable being studied. A key principle guiding the concept of short-run and long-run is that in the short-run, firms face both variable and fixed costs, which means that output, wages and prices do not have full freedom to reach a new equilibrium. Most businesses make decisions not only about how many workers to employ at any given point in time (i.e. the amount of labor) but also about what scale of an operation (i.e. size of factory, office, etc.) to put together and what production processes to use. In contrast, economists often define the short-run as the time horizon over which the scale of operation is fixed and the only available business decision is the number of workers to employ. Technically, the short-run could also represent a situation where the amount of labor is fixed and the amount of capital is variable, but this is fairly uncommon. The logic is that even taking various labor laws as given, it's usually easier to hire and fire workers than it is to significantly change a major production process or move to a new size of factory or office. In the short-run, one factor of production is fixed, e.g. capital. This means that if a firm wants to increase output, it could employ more workers, but not increase capital in the short-run (it takes time to expand.) Therefore in the short-run, we can get diminishing marginal returns, and marginal costs may start to increase quickly. Also, in the short-run, we can see prices and wages out of equilibrium, e.g. sudden rise in demand, may lead to higher prices, but firms don't have the capacity to respond and increase supply.


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