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HOMOGENEOUS OF DEGREE N: A property of an equation the exists if independent variables are increased by a constant value, then the dependent variable is increased by the value raised to the power of n. The value of n can be greater than, less than, or equal to one. This property often surfaces in the analysis of production functions. If n = 1, then a doubling independent variables results in a doubling of the dependent variable and the production function has constant returns to scale. If n > 1, then a doubling independent variables results in more than a doubling of the dependent variable and the production function has increasing returns to scale. If n < 1, then a doubling independent variables results in less than a doubling of the dependent variable and the production function has decreasing returns to scale.
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Lesson 22: Factor Supply | Unit 4: Determinants
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- Price is not the only influence on quantity supplied. These are ceteris paribus factor supply determinants:
- Factor supply determinants are any influences, other than factor price, assumed constant when a factor supply curve is constructed that shift the factor supply curve when they change.
- Supply Determinants:
- Resource Prices
- Technology
- Other Prices
- Expectations
- Number of Sellers
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PERFECT COMPETITION, PROFIT MAXIMIZATION A perfectly competitive firm is presumed to produce the quantity of output that maximizes economic profit--the difference between total revenue and total cost. This production decision can be analyzed directly with economic profit, by identifying the greatest difference between total revenue and total cost, or by the equality between marginal revenue and marginal cost.
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