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RATIONING: The distribution or allocation of a limited commodity, usually accomplished based on a standard or criterion. The two primary methods of rationing are markets and governments. Rationing is needed due to the scarcity problem. Because wants and needs are unlimited, but resources are limited, available commodities must be rationed out to competing uses.
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Lesson 14: Production | Unit 4: Long-Run Production
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Decreasing Returns To Scale
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- Decreasing returns to scale:
- Decreasing returns to scale result when a given proportional increase in all inputs results in a less than proportional increase in production.
- Two notable reasons why long-run production experiences decreasing returns to scale:
- Management Control
- Fixed External Inputs
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AVERAGE FIXED COST CURVE A curve that graphically represents the relation between average fixed cost incurred by a firm in the short-run product of a good or service and the quantity produced. This curve is constructed to capture the relation between average fixed cost and the level of output, holding other variables, like technology and resource prices, constant. The average fixed cost curve is one of three average curves. The other two are average total cost curve and average variable cost curve. A related curve is the marginal cost curve.
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