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LAW OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE: A basic principle that states every nation has a production activity that incurs a lower opportunity cost than that of another nation, which means that trade between the two nations can be beneficial to both if each specializes in the production of a good with lower relative opportunity cost. While this law is fundamental to the study of international trade, it also applies to other activities, especially the specialization and the division of labor.
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Unit 1: Background |
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Unit 2: Resources |
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Unit 3: Factor Supply |
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Unit 4: Determinants |
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Factor Supply
- The first unit of this lesson, Background, begins by laying the foundation for factor markets and factor supply.
- In the second unit, Resources, we examine specific supply considerations for the alternative factors of production.
- The third unit, Cost And Supply, then takes a look at the three key factor cost concepts -- total, average, and marginal.
- In the fourth unit, Determinants, we examine the key determinants that shift the factor supply curve, especially mobility.
- The fifth and final unit, Taking Stock, then closes this lesson with a review of factor supply and a preview of factor market analysis to come.
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MARGINAL REVENUE, MONOPOLY The change in total revenue resulting from a change in the quantity of output sold. Marginal revenue indicates how much extra revenue a monopoly receives for selling an extra unit of output. It is found by dividing the change in total revenue by the change in the quantity of output. Marginal revenue is the slope of the total revenue curve and is one of two revenue concepts derived from total revenue. The other is average revenue. To maximize profit, a monopoly equates marginal revenue and marginal cost.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time calling an endless list of 800 numbers wanting to buy either a lazy Susan for you dining room table or a set of serrated steak knives, with durable plastic handles. Be on the lookout for letters from the Internal Revenue Service.
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