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Study of the behavior of firms in organizing their production and allocating productive resources.

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Why are cost functions often assumed to be convex in microeconomics?

Theoretically, the cost function is a result of a cost minimization problem with a given production technology. Convex/linear/concave costs are a result of decreasing/constant/increasing returns to sc …
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