Log in or register. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Log in to favorite pages Share page Print page. The Patrons of Husbandry, or the Grange, was founded in 1867 to advance methods of agriculture, as well as to promote the social and economic needs of farmers in the United States.
Average Cost pricing: One possibility is that the government regulator might want to allow the firm to charge a slightly higher price, but make zero economic profit. This is accomplished when P = AC, an approach that is called Average Cost pricing.
Average cost is distinct from the price, and depends on the interaction with demand through elasticity of demand and an average cost due to marginal cost pricing. Short-run average cost will vary in relation to the quantity produced unless fixed costs are zero and variable costs constant.t is also equal to the sum of average variable costs (total variable costs divided by Q) plus average fixed costs (total fixed costs divided by Q).