Scale and average cost
Scale and average cost
Economies of scale are cost advantages gained as a firm increases its scale of output in the long run. They cause long-run average cost, or LRAC, to fall.
Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel A A Level Economics 3.3.3 Economies and diseconomies of scale. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the core supply-and-demand models before moving on to the more evaluation-heavy macroeconomic policy topics.