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LOSS MINIMIZATION RULE: A rule stating that firm minimizes economic loss by producing output in the short run that equates marginal revenue and marginal cost if price is less than average total cost but greater than average variable cost. In the short run, a firm incurs total fixed cost whether or not it produces any output. As such, if the market price is falls below average total cost, it must decide if the economic loss from producing the quantity of output that equates marginal revenue and marginal cost is more or less than the economic loss incurred with shutting down production in the short run (which is equal to total fixed cost).

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Lesson 14: Production | Unit 4: Long-Run Production Page: 18 of 25

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  • The key principle guiding long-run production is returns to scale.

  • Returns to scale are the changes in production that results when all resources are change proportionally in the long run.
  • Firms typically operate in one of three returns to scale alternatives:

    • Increasing returns to scale

    • Decreasing returns to scale

    • Constant returns to scale

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VERY SHORT RUN, MICROECONOMICS

A production period of time in which at all inputs in the production process are fixed, meaning the quantity of output itself is fixed. Also termed market period, the very short run exists if the period is so short that no additional production is possible. In other words, the good has been produced, all that remains is to sell it. This is one of four production time periods used in the study of microeconomics. The other three are short run, long run, and very long run.

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