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A perfectly competitive industry currently has 100 identical firms in the short run, each of which
has fixed costs of S8 and average variable costs as follows:
Quantity
Total cost
Average
variable cost
Marginal
cost
Average
total cost
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
4
7
6
11
a) Complete the above table by computing the total cost, marginal cost, and average total cost
for each quantity from 1 to 6. Submit the completed table in your answer.
b) Suppose the market equilibrium price is currently $15. How much will each firm produce in
the short run? What is the aggregate supply in this market in the short run?
c) The initial market equilibrium price is still $15, but we now consider what will happen in the
long run, when firms can freely enter and exit the market. Suppose that all entrants have the
same costs, and that these costs are as in the previous table. As this industry makes the
transition from short run equilibrium to its long-run equilibrium, how will the new equilibrium price
change? Will it increase or decrease? Will the quantity supplied by each firm change? Will it
increase or decrease? Will there be any change on the demand side?
d) Based on your answer in part I, graph the long-run supply curve for this market. Label your
axis and mark clearly the equilibrium price. Explain briefly the shape of the curve.
3.
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Transcribed Image Text:A perfectly competitive industry currently has 100 identical firms in the short run, each of which has fixed costs of S8 and average variable costs as follows: Quantity Total cost Average variable cost Marginal cost Average total cost N/A N/A N/A 1 4 7 6 11 a) Complete the above table by computing the total cost, marginal cost, and average total cost for each quantity from 1 to 6. Submit the completed table in your answer. b) Suppose the market equilibrium price is currently $15. How much will each firm produce in the short run? What is the aggregate supply in this market in the short run? c) The initial market equilibrium price is still $15, but we now consider what will happen in the long run, when firms can freely enter and exit the market. Suppose that all entrants have the same costs, and that these costs are as in the previous table. As this industry makes the transition from short run equilibrium to its long-run equilibrium, how will the new equilibrium price change? Will it increase or decrease? Will the quantity supplied by each firm change? Will it increase or decrease? Will there be any change on the demand side? d) Based on your answer in part I, graph the long-run supply curve for this market. Label your axis and mark clearly the equilibrium price. Explain briefly the shape of the curve. 3.
e) Suppose GK is one of the firms in this industry. In the short run GK treats the rent of its
building as a fixed cost and labor as a variable cost. If rent for the building falls, explain briefly
how this will affect GK's costs in the short run, specifically: the average variable cost curve, the
average total cost curve, and the marginal cost curve
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Transcribed Image Text:e) Suppose GK is one of the firms in this industry. In the short run GK treats the rent of its building as a fixed cost and labor as a variable cost. If rent for the building falls, explain briefly how this will affect GK's costs in the short run, specifically: the average variable cost curve, the average total cost curve, and the marginal cost curve
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