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It is natural for a business to think about cutting costs when margins are tight. As the title implies, there is a right and wrong way to cut costs. The right way, from an economist’s perspective, is ...

The Nebraska Extension will host the “Calculating Annual Cow Costs Webinar Series” in January and February. Knowing annual cow costs is the foundation for evaluating and making management decisions ...

This paper describes a method for measuring a firm’s incremental margin using observed prices and market shares when a firm sells the same product from the same production facilities into multiple ...

Your marginal tax rate is the highest tax rate you’ll pay on your income, based on your federal income tax bracket. Learn more about this tax rate. When thinking about federal income taxes, many ...

Excitement for the 2026 FIFA World Cup ramped up a level last week after the draw for the tournament was made, followed by confirmation of where each nation would be playing in the US, Canada and ...

Marginal cost (MC) is the change in total cost that arises when the quantity produced is incremented by one unit. In simpler terms, it’s the cost of producing one more unit of a good or service. This ...

Enverus warns U.S. shale is entering a new era of higher costs. Breakevens may rise from ~$70 to as much as $95 per barrel by the mid-2030s as core inventory depletes. Permian shale growth slows while ...

Abstract: This paper proposes and validates a systematic approach for constructing system marginal cost curves based on the aggregation of multiple generator supply curves. The core of this ...