cost curve
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcostandcurve
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cost
noun
uk/kɒst/us/kɑːst/
the amount of money needed to buy, do, or ...
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curve
noun[C]
uk/kɜːv/us/kɝːv/
a line that bends continuously and has no ...
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This increasing marginal benefit cushions the cost of restraining carbon use and contributes to a gentler bend in thecostcurve.
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From an economy-wide perspective, this figure can be considered a marginal abatementcostcurve.
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The marginalcostcurvemay start from a slightly negative value, reflecting a number of commonly discussed 'win- win' options.
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The bend of thecostcurveis mainly determined by the degree of substitutability in production and consumption.
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With lower demand and a standard marginalcostcurve, firms will cut their prices-an action that goes against the earlier expectations of high inflation.
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Before this threshold thecostcurveis convex (the marginal cost decreases), and after this threshold the curve is concave (the marginal cost increases).
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This integral is the present value of the inframarginal rents (quasi-rents) associated with a rising marginalcostcurve.
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In this paper, we abstract from the dependence of thecostcurveon regulation for the sake of expedient and simple exposition and to isolate the point about efficiency.
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For example, standard industrial organization theory asks: given an averagecostcurvefor producing goods and consumer demand, how many firms can profitably operate in a market?
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A sensitivity analysis is then undertaken with different values of extractioncostcurveelasticity and discount rates in order to study the robustness of our results.
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I shall concentrate on thecostcurverather than the number curve.
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Contrast this aviation medium-termcostcurvewith the things which we are doing or are not doing in relation to developing countries, housing, education and our other vital commitments.
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The long-run marginalcostcurvetends to be flatter than its short-run counterpart due to increased input flexibility as to cost minimization.
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The long run shutdown point for a competitive firm is the output level at the minimum of the average totalcostcurve.
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Acostcurvecan be plotted, with cost on the y-axis and quantity on the x-axis.
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We may also obtain the incrementalcostcurvefrom the heat rate curve.
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This can be illustrated by graphing the short run totalcostcurveand the short run variablecostcurve.
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The short-run totalcostcurveis simply the variablecostcurveplus fixed costs.
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