Productive efficiency

Productive efficiency

Productive efficiency occurs when the economy is operating at its production possibility frontier (PPF). This takes place when production of one good is achieved at the lowest cost possible, given the production of the other good(s). Equivalently, it is when the highest possible output of one good is produced, given the production level of the other good(s). In long-run equilibrium for perfectly competitive markets, this is where average cost is at the lowest point on the Average Cost curve. (MC=AC)

Due to the nature of monopolistic companies, they will choose to produce at profit maximising levels (where MC=MR). They may not be productively efficient, because of X-inefficency, whereby companies operating in a monopoly have less of an incentive to maximise profits due to lack of competition. However, due to economies of scale it can become possible for monopolistic companies to produce at MC=MR with a lower price to the consumer than perfectly competitive companies producing at MC=AC.


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