Economics Today: The Micro View (19th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
Economics Today: The Micro View (19th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
19th Edition
ISBN: 9780134479255
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 22, Problem 22.1LO
To determine

The difference between short-run and long-run from the perspective of a firm.

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Short-run refers to the time period in which at-least one input is fixed. While, in the long-run all the inputs of production are variable.

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Short-run refers to the time period in which at-least one input is fixed. While, in the long-run all the inputs of production can be varied. In other words, in the short-run, at least one input is fixed, while in the long run all inputs are variable. In the long-run planning of a firm there are no fixed costs. The firm not only regards all factors as variable, but it regards all costs as variable as well.

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