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Ecological EconomicsWeek 4
Tiago DomingosAssistant Professor
Environment and Energy SectionDepartment of Mechanical Engineering
Doctoral Program and Advanced Degree in Sustainable Energy Systems
Doctoral Program in Mechanical Engineering
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• Choice
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• Profit maximization
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• Cost minimization– We want to solve the following problem
– The production isoquants show that the solution must be a corner solution
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• Cost minimization– But if you did not noticed then and solved the lagrangian:
– Corner solutions:
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This is not a possible solution since they are both Giffen goods and it is not possible to have a fixed cost unless it is explicit in the problem. It must have a corner solution2
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Cost curves (1/3)
• Family of cost curves
• Marginal cost (MC)
– change in cost due to change in output
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Cost curves (2/3)• Marginal cost
– marginal cost equals AVC at zero units of output– goes through minimum point of AC and AVC
– this is negative (for example) when c′(y) < c(y)/y– fundamental theorem of calculus implies that
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Cost curves (3/3)
• Marginal cost– geometrically: the area under the marginal cost curve gives
the total variable costs. Figure 20.3.
– intuitively: the marginal cost curve measures the cost of each additional unit, so adding up the marginal costs of each unit gives the variable cost
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Firm supply
• Supply curves of a competitive firm– A competitive firm ignores its influence on the market price.
– Two conditions:
– Long run:
– Short run:
– The I represents the point where
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Industry supply
• Industry supply curve– Let be the supply curve of firm i, so that the industry
supply curve, or the market supply curve is:
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• Demand versus Supply curve– If we let be the market demand curve and the
market supply curve, the equilibrium price is the price that solves the equation
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MPC = supply curve
MPB = demand curve
Market equilibrium
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• Consumer surplus
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MPC = supply curve
MPB = demand curve
Market equilibrium
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• Producer surplus
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MPC = supply curve
MPB = demand curve
Market equilibrium
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• Social balance– Consumer surplus + producer surplus
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MPC = supply curve
MPB = demand curve
Market equilibrium
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