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2) A perfectly competitive firm can not engage in price gouging, assuming that there is no impediments to accessing the goods/services. In perfect competition market, the products are homogenous and firms are the price takers so if they try to alter the industry prices the demand for the goods become zero.
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U UDE 2. Can a perfectly competitive firm engage in price gouging, assuming that there are...
3. Discuss the supply conditions that must be present for price gouging to take place. 4....
3. Discuss the supply conditions that must be present for price gouging to take place. 4. What is the impact, if any, of price gouging on the following entities: a. Consumers of goods and services b. Small firms that have no control on pricing C. Large and medium sized firms
Suppose an economy produces cell phones and GPS devices in perfectly competitive industries. The economy is...
Suppose an economy produces cell phones and GPS devices in perfectly competitive industries. The economy is currently operating at a point on its production possibility frontier. The economy will most likely move to a less-desirable point on the production possibility frontier if more firms enter the GPS device industry. O a single firm gains control over the production of cell phones. more firms enter the cell phone industry. more firms enter both the GPS device industry and the cell phone...
TU) UdlIT IS. In a perfectly competitive market: each firm produces a unique product and chooses a price that maximize...
TU) UdlIT IS. In a perfectly competitive market: each firm produces a unique product and chooses a price that maximize there are very few firms, and each controls a large segment of the market. entry into the industry is restricted in the long run. there are many relatively small firms, and each firm is a price-taker. c. t If a firm is a price-taker, it: sells its product at the price determined by the market. sells its product at the...
1)An example of a perfectly competitive firm would be Dannon Yogurt a grain farmer a car...
1)An example of a perfectly competitive firm would be Dannon Yogurt a grain farmer a car manufacturer a drug company 2) In the long run the profit for a Perfectly competitive firm is theoretically ["zero", "small", "large", "negative"] because of ["competition", "lack of competition", "good cost controls", "poor cost controls"] 3)in the short run a P.C. industry will see ["entries and exits", "entry only", "losses", "only exits"] to/from the market based on ["positive profits to firms", "profits and losses to...
1. Assumption for a Perfectly competitive firm include a Homogeneous product a several sellers and [...
1. Assumption for a Perfectly competitive firm include a
Homogeneous product a several sellers and [ Select ]
["unique", "Many Many", "few few", "3-4"] buyers easy
entry and exit.
2. Perfectly competitive firms are known as Price Takers because
they [ Select ] ["have pricing power", "have minimal
pricing power", "have very little pricing power", "have no pricing
power"] which means they[ Select ] ["should
advertise less", "have no incentive", "ought to advertise", "must
advertise more"] to advertise
3. The...
Question 2 (20 marks) Consider the market for gasoline, which is perfectly competitive. Each firm in...
Question 2 (20 marks) Consider the market for gasoline, which is perfectly competitive. Each firm in the industry produces gasoline with the same technology and has cost function: c(a) 200+5q+1/2xq. bach consumer has demand for gasoline given by g (p) 10-0.1p where p is the price of gasoline. All consumers have identical demand functions (a) Find the short-run supply curve for a typical firm. (5 marks) (b) Suppose there are 10 firms in the market. Find the short-run aggregate supply...
Firm Z, operating in a perfectly competitive market, can sell as much or as little as...
Firm Z, operating in a perfectly competitive market, can sell as much or as little as it wants of a good at a price of $16 per unit. Its cost function is Ce50+ o a) Determine the firm's profit-maximizing level of output. Compute its proft. b) The industry demand curve is Q-200-5P. What is the total market demand at the current $16 price? If all firms in the industry have cost structures identical to that of firm Z, how many...
cardboard boxes are produced in a perfectly competitive market. each identical firm has a short run...
cardboard boxes are produced in a perfectly
competitive market. each identical firm has a short run total cost
curve of TC= 3Q^3 - 12Q^2 +16Q + 100, where Q is measured in
thousands of boxes per week. calculate the output for the price
below which a firm in the market will not produce any output in the
short run. ( i.e., the output for the shut down price)
a 2^1/2
b. 2
c. 1/2
d. 1/square root of 2
2)...
15. Which of the following is a true statement about the difference between a price-taker firm and a competitive price-s...
15. Which of the following is a true statement about the difference between a price-taker firm and a competitive price-searcher firm in the long run (more than one answer is correct)? a. Both will sell their products at a price equal to average total cost, but only the price-searcher will produce at minimum average total cost. b. Both will sell their products at a price equal to marginal cost, and only the competitive price searcher will produce at minimum average...
1l. If a monopolistically competitive firm is incurring losses, then at the profit-max a price is above the average total cost curve. b. price is below the average total cost curve c. price is equal...
1l. If a monopolistically competitive firm is incurring losses, then at the profit-max a price is above the average total cost curve. b. price is below the average total cost curve c. price is equal to marginal revenue. d. price is less than marginal revenue. e. average total cost equals marginal cost. Both competitive and monopolistically competitive firms a. can maximize profit by raising price. b. cannot control or set their own price c. can maximize profit by producing to...
3. Discuss the supply conditions that must be present for price gouging to take place. 4. What is the impact, if any, of price gouging on the following entities: a. Consumers of goods and services b. Small firms that have no control on pricing C. Large and medium sized firms
Suppose an economy produces cell phones and GPS devices in perfectly competitive industries. The economy is currently operating at a point on its production possibility frontier. The economy will most likely move to a less-desirable point on the production possibility frontier if more firms enter the GPS device industry. O a single firm gains control over the production of cell phones. more firms enter the cell phone industry. more firms enter both the GPS device industry and the cell phone...
TU) UdlIT IS. In a perfectly competitive market: each firm produces a unique product and chooses a price that maximize there are very few firms, and each controls a large segment of the market. entry into the industry is restricted in the long run. there are many relatively small firms, and each firm is a price-taker. c. t If a firm is a price-taker, it: sells its product at the price determined by the market. sells its product at the...
1. Assumption for a Perfectly competitive firm include a
Homogeneous product a several sellers and [ Select ]
["unique", "Many Many", "few few", "3-4"] buyers easy
entry and exit.
2. Perfectly competitive firms are known as Price Takers because
they [ Select ] ["have pricing power", "have minimal
pricing power", "have very little pricing power", "have no pricing
power"] which means they[ Select ] ["should
advertise less", "have no incentive", "ought to advertise", "must
advertise more"] to advertise
3. The...
Question 2 (20 marks) Consider the market for gasoline, which is perfectly competitive. Each firm in the industry produces gasoline with the same technology and has cost function: c(a) 200+5q+1/2xq. bach consumer has demand for gasoline given by g (p) 10-0.1p where p is the price of gasoline. All consumers have identical demand functions (a) Find the short-run supply curve for a typical firm. (5 marks) (b) Suppose there are 10 firms in the market. Find the short-run aggregate supply...
Firm Z, operating in a perfectly competitive market, can sell as much or as little as it wants of a good at a price of $16 per unit. Its cost function is Ce50+ o a) Determine the firm's profit-maximizing level of output. Compute its proft. b) The industry demand curve is Q-200-5P. What is the total market demand at the current $16 price? If all firms in the industry have cost structures identical to that of firm Z, how many...
cardboard boxes are produced in a perfectly
competitive market. each identical firm has a short run total cost
curve of TC= 3Q^3 - 12Q^2 +16Q + 100, where Q is measured in
thousands of boxes per week. calculate the output for the price
below which a firm in the market will not produce any output in the
short run. ( i.e., the output for the shut down price)
a 2^1/2
b. 2
c. 1/2
d. 1/square root of 2
2)...
1l. If a monopolistically competitive firm is incurring losses, then at the profit-max a price is above the average total cost curve. b. price is below the average total cost curve c. price is equal to marginal revenue. d. price is less than marginal revenue. e. average total cost equals marginal cost. Both competitive and monopolistically competitive firms a. can maximize profit by raising price. b. cannot control or set their own price c. can maximize profit by producing to...
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