productive efficiency
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Fig. 157 Productive efficiency. In the graph, which assumes a long-run AVERAGE COST CURVE that is U-shaped, plant size OA results in minimum cost. If plant sizes are suboptimal (OB), or if optimal-sized plants (OA) are underutilized because of a shortfall in demand (OX), then actual supply costs will be higher than attainable costs.