THEORY OF COST
Cost Theory Introduction : The firm’s costs determine its supply. Supply along with demand determines price. To understand the process of price determination and the forces behind supply, we must understand the nature of costs. We study some important concepts of costs, and traditional and modern theories of cost. Cost concepts : Costs are very important in business decision-making. Cost of production provides the floor to pricing. It helps managers to take correct decisions, such as what price to quote, whether to place a particular order for inputs or not whether to abandon or add a product to the existing product line and so on. Ordinarily, costs refer to the money expenses incurred by a firm in the production process. But in economics, cost is used in a broader sense. Here, costs include imputed value of the entrepreneur’s own resources and services, as well as the salary of the owner-manager. There are various concepts of cost that a firm considers relevant u...