Economics A-Level
Short-run production
What Short-run production means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Short-run production
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A concept applying only where at least one factor of production is fixed, so that variable factors are added to a fixed factor.
Topics that use Short-run production
- The law of diminishing returns and returns to scale (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Capacity constraints
- Costs of production
- Diminishing marginal returns
- Economies of scale
- Factor inputs
- Factors of production
- Law of diminishing returns
- Long run
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