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TOTAL VARIABLE COST CURVE: A curve that graphically represents the relation between total variable cost incurred by a firm in the short-run production of a good or service and the quantity produced. The marginal cost curve, THE focal point for the analysis of short-run production, can be derived directly from the total variable cost curve. The shape of the total variable cost curve reflects increasing marginal returns at small quantities of output and decreasing marginal returns at later quantities.

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Lesson 22: Factor Supply | Unit 3: Factor Supply Page: 16 of 25

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  • Market control on the buying side of factor markets means that firms can face one of two types of supply curves for the factors their employ:

  • Perfect Competition: If we're looking for a buyer with absolutely no market control, then we are looking for perfect competition.

  • Monopsony, Oligopsony, and Monopsonistic Competition: If we're looking for a buyer with market control, then we can choose among monopsony, oligopsony, and monopsonistic competition.

  • The relative elasticity of this curve depends, of course, on the market control of the buying firm.


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SIXTH RULE OF IGNORANCE

The sixth of seven basic rules of the economy, stating that obtaining information is a costly activity that requires resources with alternative uses. As such, no one knows everything and everyone is ignorant about something.

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