Figure 16-2 This figure depicts a situation in a monopolistically competitive market. ] ATC 60 50 40 30 20 10 888 2 2 2 2 2 100 90 80 70 PRICE Demand MR 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 QUANTITY Refer to Figure 16-2. Assuming the firm is maximizing profit, this firm is operating in the short run and earning a positive economic profit. Oin the short run and breaking even. Oin the long run and earning a positive economic profit. Oin the long run and incurring and economic loss.

Is a monopolistically competitive firm productively efficient? Is it allocatively efficient? Why or why not?

Continuing with the scenario in question 1, in the long run, the positive economic profits that the monopolistic competitor earns will attract a response either from existing firms in the industry or film outside. As those films capture the original films profit, what will happen to the original films profit-maximizing price and output levels?

What is predatory pricing? How might it reduce competition, and why might it be difficult to tell when it should be illegal?

Andreas Day Spa began to offer a relaxing aromatherapy treatment. The film asks you how much to charge to maximize profits. The first two columns in Table 10.5 provide the price and quantity for the demand curve for treatments. The third column shows its total costs. For each level of output, calculate total revenue, marginal revenue, average cost, and marginal cost. What is the profit-maximizing level of output for the treatments and how much will the firm earn in profits?

How is the perceived demand curve for a monopolistically competitive film different from the perceived demand curve for a monopoly or a perfectly competitive film?

How can a monopolistic competitor tell whether the price it is charging will cause the firm to earn profits or experience losses?

9 of 15 Warwick Inc. produces in a monopolistically compettive market. Which of the following corectly explains howa fmin this market struchure would transition trom the short run to the long run? O The supemomal profits eamed by Warwick Inc in the short run will attract new firma into the market. This wil shit the market supply curve to the right, which will reduce the market price and the price faced by Warwick ine. The price wil keep falling until Average Revenue equals Average Cost and only normal profits are made. O The supermormal profits eamed by Warwick Inc. in the short run will attract new firms into he martet. This wil shit Warwick ine. demand curve to the left and t wit continue to shit left until Average Revenue equals Average Cost and only normal profits are made O The supemomal profits eamed by Wanwick Inc. in the short run will lead to the market demand aurve shifing to the right, which will raise the price fims can sell at and ts wil atract now frms into the market.…

Consider the following market for Tim's Terrible T-shirts a firm company producing in the monopolistically competitive t-shirt market. $7 $6 $5 $3 $2 $1 0 Question 16 10 20 30 Question 17 MR 40 Quantity MC D 50 60 70 80 At his profit maximizing output, what is the total profit earned by Tim? Should Tim want to maximize his profit in the short-run, how many t-shirts will he produce? ATC Describe what we expect to happen to Tim's terrible t-shirts in the long run. Since Tim is making |Select] to participate in the market. As a result, the demand for Tim's shirts should Select] Please answer all parts of question correctly. will give thumbs up if correct ✓economic profit in the short-run, as he transitions to the long run we would expect [Select | and become (Select]

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