Productivity and Costs in the Short-run

This lesson illustrates using data and graphs the relationship between productivity and costs in the short-run, and how the law of diminishing marginal returns determines the shapes of the short-run cost curves: marginal cost and average variable cost.
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  • @user-tm1ix7xi1n
    @user-tm1ix7xi1n7 жыл бұрын

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  • @stevenkingston7682
    @stevenkingston768211 жыл бұрын

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    @o0oNightIVIareo0o10 жыл бұрын

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    @tahaezz21272 жыл бұрын

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  • @usmani1284
    @usmani12843 жыл бұрын

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    @huonglethuy88229 жыл бұрын

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    @lizg501010 жыл бұрын

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    2 жыл бұрын

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    Жыл бұрын

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  • @IngridMacherTV
    @IngridMacherTV10 жыл бұрын

    great lesson and great explanation!

  • @gikoable
    @gikoable12 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. This does really help me to understand. ;)

  • @charisma191
    @charisma19111 жыл бұрын

    Thanks.This really is what I would want to describe as Micro Economics made simple.

  • @kostiakulak2321
    @kostiakulak232111 жыл бұрын

    In the fifth column which is MC, there must be 0.3 instead of 0.33 (30 divided by 100) It makes no big difference of course, just as a matter of fact. Lots of Thanks for your lessons, they are really helpful for my exam prep.!!)

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    @merciadios51132 жыл бұрын

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    @amritaverma254110 жыл бұрын

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    @nirajcit8 жыл бұрын

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    @suprabheballary9 жыл бұрын

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    @morethandetermined-iyusaf2459 жыл бұрын

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    @theophilusamoah16226 жыл бұрын

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    @munibeozan7 ай бұрын

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    @bgutly8411 жыл бұрын

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    @sagwadi. Жыл бұрын

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  • @pelighirl718
    @pelighirl718 Жыл бұрын

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    @TheJokerGuns4 жыл бұрын

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    @annapooranikp53933 жыл бұрын

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  • @emergingschoolofeconomics2065

    @emergingschoolofeconomics2065

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @scdgjilh
    @scdgjilh8 жыл бұрын

    what are the costs that increase after you produce beyond your optimal level of output?

  • @matthewchina2755
    @matthewchina27556 жыл бұрын

    Nice video. Practically speaking, when graphing this, how do you set the scale for P and C so that it comes out proportionally ?

  • @JasonWelker

    @JasonWelker

    6 жыл бұрын

    Really these should be two different graphs. A productivity graph should show output (vertical axis) per worker (horizontal axis). A cost graph should show dollars (vertical) per unit of output (horizontal). The reason the productivity curve is so wonkily shaped in this video is I'm showing how marginal product changes as output increases. When I make a new version of this video I'll draw two graphs: one showing marginal product as labor increases and one showing marginal cost as output increases. Then they'll both look like nice neat parabolas, mirror images of one another!

  • @matthewchina2755

    @matthewchina2755

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Mr. Welker. And why do MC and AVC originate from the same point; in later lessons there is a vertical distance between them?

  • @truman5560
    @truman55604 жыл бұрын

    marginal cost at 300 units of output should be 30/100=0.3, not 0.33. Anyways, great explanation! many thanks:)

  • @srinivaspingali1069
    @srinivaspingali10697 жыл бұрын

    it is nice

  • @harrisonmakemoneychannel1712
    @harrisonmakemoneychannel17124 жыл бұрын

    Sir what if the wages is not given how can we calculate the average total cost

  • @suesao629
    @suesao6295 жыл бұрын

    I need practice about economic analysis of production and cost please coz I have an exam even a link but please with answers to correct it thanks in advance

  • @rejuvenatedsoul1016
    @rejuvenatedsoul10165 жыл бұрын

    From the point MP starts to fall, AP should also fall but when we look at the diagram - before AP starts to fall - MP is increasing as well as decreasing (yes MP>AP). But as per the logic - increasing MP will only lead to increasing AP. As soon as MP starts to fall, AP should also fall. Please explain

  • @rejuvenatedsoul1016
    @rejuvenatedsoul10165 жыл бұрын

    At 400 units of output our MP becomes 25 (which is less than 33.3 - previous MP). So, as per the concept, once the MP starts falling - our AP should also fall. Here, at 400 units of output - our AP becomes 23.5 which is greater than 23.1 (previous AP). PLEASE EXPLAIN.

  • @coffeenotgood
    @coffeenotgood10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot, this is Great! Can you reference your video, didn't know the order to follow

  • @berryboy316

    @berryboy316

    10 жыл бұрын

    Talk to me sometime. Neal

  • @brushington9999

    @brushington9999

    10 жыл бұрын

    Looks like micro economics stuff?

  • @hilda_theo6884
    @hilda_theo68843 жыл бұрын

    what the intro of the song is ?

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    @emergingschoolofeconomics20653 жыл бұрын

    Good

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    3 жыл бұрын

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    @ZZY75686 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @trollenslit7394
    @trollenslit739410 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video, But please please please, its not beh-gal its Bay-gel

  • @BeautiFuFu
    @BeautiFuFu3 жыл бұрын

    So how is one to figure this table out when the quantity of capital is not given. All I have is price of labor, and price of capital, and a large blank table 🥴? Idk if I’m missing something or my Econ Professor just wants to see me pull my hair out...

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    @emergingschoolofeconomics2065

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @suesao629
    @suesao6295 жыл бұрын

    asap please

  • @imranurrahman1693
    @imranurrahman16935 жыл бұрын

    in another video, you calculated MP in a different way and here it's different, totally confusing

  • @JasonWelker

    @JasonWelker

    5 жыл бұрын

    The marginal product is how much output the last worker hired contributed. It can be found by dividing the change in total product the change in the number of workers. If the change in workers is ONE, then it's just the change in output. If the change in the number of workers is more than one, then you'd technically be calculating the "average" MP... since you're determining how much output changed PER additional worker hired.

  • @imranurrahman1693

    @imranurrahman1693

    5 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @portal9935
    @portal99357 жыл бұрын

    begles ..LMAO

  • @KatieoftheNight

    @KatieoftheNight

    6 жыл бұрын

    HAHA IKR that was so distracting, since i'm from the south and we say BAAAAAAYYYY-guhls

  • @jaythomas3180

    @jaythomas3180

    3 жыл бұрын

    Begles... bagels with a demand curve is so high customers beg for increased production.

  • @rejuvenatedsoul1016
    @rejuvenatedsoul10165 жыл бұрын

    From the point MP starts to fall, AP should also fall but when we look at the diagram - before AP starts to fall - MP is increasing as well as decreasing (yes MP>AP). But as per the logic - increasing MP will only lead to increasing AP. As soon as MP starts to fall, AP should also fall. Please explain

  • @JasonWelker

    @JasonWelker

    5 жыл бұрын

    You are incorrect. AP rises as long as MP is above AP, even if MP is falling. AP only starts to fall when the marginal product is less than the average product.