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AGGREGATE PRODUCTION FUNCTION: A relation between the total production of real output for an economy and the amount of labor input. The aggregate production function is comparable to the standard production function used in the microeconomic analysis of firm behavior but is applied to the macroeconomic study of aggregate supply, resource markets, and employment. It is typically assumed to experience diminishing marginal returns, resulting in a decreasing marginal product of labor.

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Lesson 4: Production Possibilities | Unit 3: The Curve Page: 12 of 24

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The slope of the production possibilities frontier is opportunity cost.

What does this have to do with it's distinct, convex shape?

  • The reason is the law of increasing opportunity cost.
  • With few calibrators produced, opportunity cost is low and curve is flat.
  • With many calibrators produced, opportunity cost is high and slope is steep.

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The notion that a competitive market automatically achieves an efficient allocation of resources by equating demand price with supply price and quantity demanded with quantity supplied. Market efficiency relies on the self-correction process that eliminates shortages or surpluses. It also presumes that the market is competitive and is not subject to market failures.

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