Lecture 3: Production, Costs, and Firm Supply
Topics
- Production functions: Rate of technical substitution (RTS), elasticity of substitution, returns to scale
- Cost minimization and cost functions
- Profit maximization and supply decisions
- Input demand functions and factor markets
Textbook references: Chapters 9-11
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