Chapter 23: Q. 23.5LO (page 510)
Describe what factors induce firms to enter or exit a perfectly competitive industry.
Short Answer
Regardless on if its profits pay it prices, either it will stay struggling on or close down.
Chapter 23: Q. 23.5LO (page 510)
Describe what factors induce firms to enter or exit a perfectly competitive industry.
Regardless on if its profits pay it prices, either it will stay struggling on or close down.
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Consider the diagram nearby, which applies to a perfectly competitive firm, which at present faces a market clearing price of per unit and produces units of output per week.
a. What is the firm's current average revenue per unit?
b. What are the present economic profits of this firm? Is the firm maximizing economic profits? Explain.
c. If the market clearing price drops to per unit, should this firm continue to produce in the short run if it wishes to maximize its economic profits (or minimize its economic losses)? Explain.
d. If the market clearing price drops to per unit, should this firm continue to produce in the short run if it wishes to maximize its economic profits (or minimize its economic loses)? Explain.
Consider a market for online movie rentals. The market supply curve slopes upward, the market demand curve slopes downward, and the equilibrium rental price equals . Consider each of the following events, and discuss the effects they will have on the market clearing price and on the demand curve faced by the individual online rental firm.
a. Peoples tastes change in favor of going to see more movies at cinemas with their friends and Family members.
b. More online movie-rental firms enter the market.
c. There is a significant increase in the price to consumers of Purchasing movies online.
Consider the information provided in Problem . Suppose the market price drops to only per pizza. In the short run, should this pizza shop continue to make pizzas, or will it maximize its economic profits (that is, minimize its economic loss) by shutting down?
Discuss how a perfectly competitive firm decides how much output to produce
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