The Role of Fixed Costs in Determining Overall Profit
Even when a firm produces its profit-maximizing quantity (where Price = Marginal Cost), it may not achieve an overall profit. The producer surplus generated at this output level must be compared against the firm's fixed costs. If the surplus is less than the fixed costs, the firm will operate at a loss, even though it has chosen the best possible quantity to minimize that loss.
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