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4 The black lines on the graph show the unit cost curves of a representative firm in a constant cost competitive industry The
After the price of labor drops, at the price P1 the firm will continue to produce q1 because at that level of output the firm
In the long run firms will continue to enter the industry, shifting the demand curve to the left until the price has fallen t
right until the price has fallen to the minimum of ATC2. In the short run, existing firms benefit from the drop in the price
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As price of labor drops, firms' cost of production falls and supply increases from the black line to the blue line (because black line is 100 firms, blue also 100 firms and there is no entry of suppliers at this stage)

In the short run, at the fallen price, all firms lose money and incur losses.

In the long run, existing firms do not benefit from price drop since their profits remain the same. (Perfectly competitive markets are characterized by this phenomena of normal profits in the long run)

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