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)
4 The black lines on the graph show the unit cost curves of a representative firm...
6. Short-run supply and long-run equilibrium Consider the competitive market for copper. Assume that, regardless of how many firms are in the industry, every firm in the Industry is identical and faces the marginal cost (MC), average total cost (ATC), and average variable cost (AVC) curves shown on the following graph. The following diagram shows the market demand for copper. Use the orange points (square symbol) to plot the initial short-run industry supply curve when there are 20 firms in the market. (Hint:...
7. Short-run supply and long-run equilibrium Consider the competitive market for copper. Assume that, regardless of how many firms are in the industry, every firm in the industry is identical and faces the marginal cost (MC), average total cost (ATC), and average variable cost (AVC) curves shown on the following graph.The following diagram shows the market demand for copper.Use the orange points (square symbol) to plot the initial short-run industry supply curve when there are 20 firms in the market. (Hint:...
31 In perfectly competitive industries: A. the shont-run market supply curves are positively sloped в. long-rusniustry supply curve,are positively sloped. C. the short-run D. All of the above E. Only B and C are correct market supply curves are more clastic than the long-run industry supply curvers s3. Assame a perfectly-competitive, increasing-cost industry composed of identical firms is initially in long-run equilibrium. Given a decrease in demand, in the short ran: equilbrium price decreases, equilibrium output increases, the output of...
The first picture below depicts the cost curves for a representative firm in this perfectly competitive industry. Initially, there are 100 firms. The second picture depicts market demand. A) Suppose that the firm produces 300 units of output, how much are their total costs? B) What is the short-run equilibrium price? C) At the short-run equilibrium price, what is the quantity produced by each firm? D) At the short-run equilibrium price, what is per-firm profit? E) In the long-run,...
7. Short-run supply and long-run equilibrium Consider the competitive market for copper. Assume that, regardless of how many firms are in the industry, every firm in the industry is identical and faces the marginal cost (MC), average total cost (ATC), and average variable cost (AVC) curves shown on the following graph. The following diagram shows the market demand for copper. Use the orange points (square symbol) to plot the initial short-run industry supply curve when there are 20 firms in the market. (Hint:...
Consider the competitive market for halogen lamps. The following graph shows the marginal cost (MC), average total cost (ATC), and average variable cost (AVC) curves for a typical firm in the industry. For each price in the following table, use the graph to determine the number of lamps this firm would produce in order to maximize its profit. Assume that when the price is exactly equal to the average variable cost, the firm is indifferent between producing zero lamps and the...
In the long run, some firms will respond by until On the graph below, shift the demand curve, the supply curve, or both on the following diagram to illustrate both the short-run effects of the PHAC'S report and the new long-run equilibrium after firms and consumers finish adjusting to the news. Supply Demand Supply PRICE (Dollars per kilogram) Demand 0 100 900 1000 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 QUANTITY (Milions of kilograms) The new equilibrium price and quantity...
36) When a monopolist sells the same product at different prices and the prices are not related to cost differences, we have B) price differentiation. D) monopoly pricing A) price discrimination C) marginal cost pricing. 37) 37) Monopolies misallocate resources because A) price does not equal marginal cost B) profits are usually positive. C) marginal cost does not equal average total cost. D) price does not equal average total cost. 38) 38) Which of the following assumptions is true about...
37. If every firm in a perfectly competitive industry experiences the same technological improvement, then A. the firm's short-run supply curves will shift to the right. B. the industry's short-run supply curve will shift to the right. C. the industry's long-run supply curve will shift downward or to the right D. All of the above statements are true. E. Only A and B are true. D, a, ap, o, 38. In a perfectly competitive, constant-cost industry, the long-run equilibrium price...
8. Short-run and long-run effects of a shift in demandSuppose that the shrimp industry is in long-run equilibrium at a price of $5 per pound of shrimp and a quantity of 300 million pounds per year. Suppose that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announces that a chemical found in shrimp is causing bacterial infections to spread around the world.The CDC’s announcement will cause consumers to demand shrimp at every price. In the short run, firms will respond by .Shift...