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Perfect Competition (Breaking Even (marginal cost equals average total…
Perfect Competition
Breaking Even
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above the break even point, the firm will operate at profit earned on each unit of output sold will exceed the average cost of producing a unit of output and total revenue exceed total cost.
MR=P lies below the break even point the firm will operate at a loss because the revenue earned on each unit of output will be less than the average cost of producing a unit of output so total revenue will be less that total cost.
shutdown
firm will implement a production shutdown if revenue from the sale of goods produced cannot cover the variable cost of production
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if the revenue the firm is making is greater than the variable cost then firm is covering variable costs and additional revenue that covers fixed costs
variable cost is greater than the revenue being made then the firms is not even covering production cost and should be shutdown
shutdown production is temporary although it can shutdown, the firm decides to continue of the costs function with output. additional cost associates with producing one more unit of profit.
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sunk costs
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Long run
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For example, in the short run, you can produce output but cannot avoid fized capital costs
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