<p>The quantity produced does not depend on the fixed costs. Fixed costs only influence the decision of whether or not to produce, not how much to produce. The individual firm's level of production is determined by MR=MC, independent of fixed costs. Firms will produce less when fixed cost decrease, because, as you point out, more firms will produce (entry in the market). On the aggregate market supply shifts out, so that price declines. For each individual pricetaking firm, the exogenously determined price has declined. Put differently, MR has shift down, resulting in an optimum (MR=MC) at a lower level of production.</p>

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MO, MK? Are these German notations for Marginal Revenue and Marginal Cost?
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I don't know about the German equivalents, but they were intended to be Dutch, the power of habit. I edited :).
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<p>So in long run if fixed cost is lowered, more firms enter the industry and increase the supply, bringing up industrial output. According to the firm diagram, Average Cost lowered so that the firm output is lower. But why is that? Shouldn't the firm produce more when the fixed cost lowers? </p>

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I think firm output usually only deceases if the firm is a butcher.
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Why do firm output decreases when fixed cost decreases in Long Run?
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# Why do firm output decreases when fixed cost decreases in Long Run?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-07)

So in long run if fixed cost is lowered, more firms enter the industry and increase the supply, bringing up industrial output. According to the firm diagram, Average Cost lowered so that the firm output is lower. But why is that? Shouldn't the firm produce more when the fixed cost lowers?

**Tags:** microeconomics, supply-and-demand, long-run
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I think firm output usually only deceases if the firm is a butcher.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-12-07. Score: 4

The quantity produced does not depend on the fixed costs. Fixed costs only influence the decision of whether or not to produce, not how much to produce. The individual firm's level of production is determined by MR=MC, independent of fixed costs. Firms will produce less when fixed cost decrease, because, as you point out, more firms will produce (entry in the market). On the aggregate market supply shifts out, so that price declines. For each individual pricetaking firm, the exogenously determined price has declined. Put differently, MR has shift down, resulting in an optimum (MR=MC) at a lower level of production.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: MO, MK? Are these German notations for Marginal Revenue and Marginal Cost?  
> **username_2**: I don't know about the German equivalents, but they were intended to be Dutch, the power of habit. I edited :).  

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