ECON 230D1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Blue-Collar Worker, Social Cost

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Firms determine how much of a good to supply on the basis of the price of that good and other factors, including the cost of production and government rules and regulations. The cost of production includes the social cost and the breaking of legal boundaries (selling illegal goods). Government regulations can include a minimum wage or taxes, which can drive the price up. If the cost of productions goes up so high that firms cannot produce anymore, they go bankrupt. The supply curve is a graphical representation of the relationship between what producers want to sell at a specific price, holding constant everything else. It is very useful, as one can anticipate / predict how the quantity supplied reacts to changes in price. The response of firms, however, doesn"t have to be proportional to a change in other factors. The mathematical formula for the supply function is: (cid:1843) = (cid:1827) + (cid:1828) (cid:1829)(cid:1842)c.

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