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daser333 [38]
3 years ago
15

Economists normally assume that the goal of a firm is to

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1 answer:
Elina [12.6K]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

Profit Maximisation

Explanation:

Profit is the difference between total revenue (receipts) from sale & total cost (expenditure) on production.

Total Revenue = Price x Quantity ; Total Cost = Average Cost x Quantity

Economists study all the producer behaviour, based on assumption that : Goal of firm is Profit Maximisation.

Maximising Profit implies maximising the difference between Total Revenue & Total Cost [ TR - TC] . This further leads to producer equilibrium rule of Marginal Revenue = Marginal Cost [MR = MC] ; i.e additional revenue per unit sold equals additional cost per unit production.

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