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Short-run and long-run marginal costs of joint products in linear programming

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  • Axel Pierru

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In standard microeconomic theory, short-run and long-run marginal costs are equal for production equipment with adjusted capacity. When the production of joint products from interdependent equipment is modeled with a linear program, this equality is no longer verified. The short-run marginal cost then takes on a left-hand value and a right-hand value which generally differ from the long-run marginal cost. In this article, we demonstrate and interpret the relationship existing between long-run marginal cost and short-run marginal costs for a given finished product. That relationship is simply expressed as a function of marginal capacity adjustments (determined in the long run) and marginal values of capacities (determined in the short run). JEL Classification: D20, C61

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  • Axel Pierru, 2007. "Short-run and long-run marginal costs of joint products in linear programming," Recherches économiques de Louvain, De Boeck Université, vol. 73(2), pages 153-171.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:reldbu:rel_732_0153
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    1. Pierru, Axel, 2010. "Allocating the CO2 emissions of an oil refinery with Aumann-Shapley prices: A reply," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(3), pages 746-748, May.
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    3. Olivier Massol, 2011. "A Cost Function for the Natural Gas Transmission Industry: Further Considerations," The Engineering Economist, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(2), pages 95-122.
    4. Tehrani Nejad Moghaddam, Alireza, 2010. "Allocating the CO2 emissions of an oil refinery with Aumann-Shapley prices: Comment," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(1), pages 243-255, January.
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    • D20 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - General
    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis

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