Consider a perfectly competitive market for a product Y and assume that the market is at the long run equilibrium. (a) Examine the cost structure and demand faced by an individual Y producer.  Relate that producer to the Y  market at the perfectly competitive long run equilibrium.  Support with market and individual producer diagrams. (b) Analyze the effects of the following news on price and quantity in the Y market as well as the profit and output of the individual Y producer “It is discovered that consuming  Y is beneficial to health and can prolong your life”.  Explain both the short run and the long run equilibria and  support your answers with suitable diagrams. Hi, I have the answer sheet but may I request for a more detailed explanation for part b? Thank you.

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  • Consider a perfectly competitive market for a product Y and assume that the market is at the long run equilibrium.
  • (a) Examine the cost structure and demand faced by an individual Y producer.  Relate that producer to the Y  market at the perfectly competitive long run equilibrium.  Support with market and individual producer diagrams.
  • (b) Analyze the effects of the following news on price and quantity in the Y market as well as the profit and output of the individual Y producer “It is discovered that consuming  Y is beneficial to health and can prolong your life”.  Explain both the short run and the long run equilibria and  support your answers with suitable diagrams.

Hi, I have the answer sheet but may I request for a more detailed explanation for part b? Thank you.

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