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RULE OF CONSUMER EQUILIBRIUM: A condition of consumer equilibrium and utility maximization stating that the marginal utility-price ratio for all goods are equal. This rule is a handy way of checking for consumer equilibrium and utility maximization. If the rule is not satisfied, then consumer equilibrium and utility maximization are not achieved.
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Lesson 14: Production | Unit 1: Short-Run Production
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In this unit, you should have learned about:- Production as the transformation of inputs into outputs an the central role it plays in market supply.
- The difference between fixed inputs, which can not be changed during the period of analysis, and variable inputs, which can be changed.
- Why the standard view is capital as the fixed input and labor as the variable input.
- How fixed and variable inputs are related to the short run and long run.
- Why firms are considered to operate in the short run and long run simultaneously.
- Two alternative production time periods -- market period, in which all inputs and the output is fixed, and very long run, in which all inputs including social institutions and technology beyond the control of the firm are variable.
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SHORT-RUN PRODUCTION ANALYSIS An analysis of the production decision made by a firm in the short run, with the ultimate goal of explaining the law of supply and the upward-sloping supply curve. The central feature of this short-run production analysis is the law of diminishing marginal returns, which results in the short run when larger amounts of a variable input, like labor, are added to a fixed input, like capital. A contrasting analysis is long-run production analysis.
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