Chapter 8.5: The Competitive Firm's Short-Run Supply Curve

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Supply Curve

tells us how much output a firm will produce at every possible price.

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P = MC

Competitive firms will increase output to the point at which ___

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P < AVC

Competitive firm will shut down if __

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The firm’s supply curve

the portion of the marginal cost curve for which marginal cost is greater than average variable cost.

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upward

Short-run supply curves for competitive firms slope __ for the same reason that MC increases - the presence of diminishing marginal return to one or more factors of production.

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