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Marginal Cost in the Price-Setting Model
Marginal cost (MC) is the additional expense incurred to produce one more unit of output. In the price-setting model, the marginal cost is greater than the average cost (AC). This is because expanding production requires hiring more workers, which in turn necessitates raising the wage for the entire workforce, not just for the newly hired employees, due to the upward-sloping wage curve.
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