A note on capital indivisibility and the definition of marginal cost

A note on capital indivisibility and the definition of marginal cost

Ambiguity in the interpretation of marginal cost emerges where capital indivisibility is present. The indivisibility condition is particularly applicable to new water projects in which large capital investments are required to place a central system into full operation. Marginal cost is defined in f...

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