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MARGINAL FACTOR COST AND AVERAGE FACTOR COST: The relation between marginal factor cost and average factor cost is comparable to other average-marginal relations found in the study of economics. For a firm that hires factors in a perfectly competitive factor market, marginal factor cost and average factor cost are equal, and equal to the factor market price. All three are represented by a horizontal, or perfectly elastic, curve equal to the factor market price. For a firm that hires factors in an imperfectly competitive factor market, especially monopsony, marginal factor cost is greater than both average factor cost and the factor market price.
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Lesson Contents
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Unit 1: The Concept |
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Unit 2: A Little More |
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Unit 3: Measurement |
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Unit 4: A Continuum |
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Elasticity Basics
In this lesson, we will examine the basics of elasticity, including what it is, how it is measured, and how it is used in market analysis. - The first unit of this lesson, The Concept, introduces the elasticity concept and previews its role in market analysis.
- In the second unit, A Little More, examines the importance of elasticity for such topics as market shocks, taxes, and price controls.
- The third unit, Measurement, takes a close look at how elasticity is measured, focusing on the coefficient of elasticity.
- The fourth unit, A Continuum, examines the five categories of elasticity, ranging from elastic to inelastic, that form a continuum.
- The fifth unit and final unit, Market Elasticity, closes this lesson by introducing four key elasticity concepts for the market demand and supply.
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GOVERNMENT PURCHASES Expenditures made by the government sector on final goods and services, or gross domestic product. Government purchases are used to buy the goods and services needed to operate the government (such as administrative salaries) and to provide public goods (including national defense, highway construction). These purchases are one of two major categories of government spending, the other is transfer payments. Government purchases are financed by a mix of taxes and borrowing and are categorized by the three levels of government: federal, state, and local governments. These are one of four expenditures on gross domestic product. The other three are consumption expenditures, investment expenditures, and net exports.
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