Marginal analysis

Marginal analysis
A concept employed constantly in microeconomic theory (and quite frequently in macroeconomic theory as well) is that of the marginal change in some economic variable (such as quantity of a good produced or consumed), ...

MARGINAL ANALYSIS
A basic technique used in economics that analyzes small, incremental changes in key variables.

Marginal analysis
Technique of setting the advertising budget by assuming the point at which an additional dollar spent on advertising equals additional profit.

Marginal Analysis
An examination of the additional benefits of an activity compared to the additional costs of that activity. Companies use marginal analysis as a decision-making tool to help them maximize their profits.

Marginal analysis
The determination of optimal behavior by comparing benefits and costs at the margin, that is, benefits and costs that result from small (i.e., marginal) changes.

marginal analysis A technique, in microeconomics, where minimal changes in certain variables are... marginal cost The additional cost of one extra unit of production. Also known as incremental cost.

The best-known neo-classical economist was ALFRED MARSHALL, the father of MARGINAL analysis.

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Menger's Principles of Economics restated the classical political economy view of universal laws and did so using marginal analysis.

See also: Marginal cost, Marginal revenue, Equilibrium, Perfect competition, Feedback