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Fixed cost

The cost that a firm bears if it produces at all and that is independent of its output. The presence of a fixed cost tends to imply increasing returns to scale. Contrasts with variable cost.

Fixed cost

A cost that is fixed in total for a given period of time and for given production levels.



Fixed cost

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