Unit III

Production, Cost and the 

Perfect Competition Model

(Nov. 6 - Jan. 25)

Textbook: pp. 154-170, 176-197

The following sources will be included on Test #3 (as well as the final and the Unit III Mini-Test second semester):

Law of Diminishing Returns and handout

Short Run Production Costs handout and presentation

Cost Curves

Shifts of the Cost Curves

Vocabulary: Costs and Profits

Long-Run Production Costs

Reffonomics (see resources for Micro Unit 3)

Unit III Sample Test Questions - Production Costs Only

Most-Missed Topics from Test #3 (2017-20)

Most-Missed Topics from Test #2 (expect these to be included on Test #3)

The following sources will NOT be included on Test #3, but will be included on the fall semester final exam, as well as on the Unit III Mini-Test during second semester:

Market Structures Overview

Perfect Competition in the Short Run

Perfect Competition Graphs Handout

Perfect Competition Interactive and Questions (First semester only: skip everything related to long-run equilibrium)

Perfect Competition: Short-Run Profit Maximization Practice

Reffonomics (see resources for Micro Unit 3)

Unit III Sample Test Questions - Through Perfect Competition in the Short Run

The following sources will not be included on Test #3 or on the fall semester final exam, but will be included on the Unit III Mini-Test during second semester:

Review: Perfect Competition in the Short Run

Perfect Competition in the Long Run

Graphs: Perfect Competition in the Long-Run (handout)

Perfect Competition Chart

Perfect Competition Graph Questions

Perfect Competition Problem Sets

Perfect Competition Quiz

Reffonomics (resources for Unit 3)

Unit III Sample Test Questions

Reffonomics Baseball - Cost Curves (use this to review)