In Brazil, coffee beans are cultivated by a very large number of small farms that all produce beans
of similar quality and taste at similar costs. Land is still plentiful, and the equipment required is
affordable enough to allow new farming businesses to start up under current market conditions.
However, better production techniques, especially alternatives to polluting fertilisers and
deforestation, are needed in this industry. Using the theory and models of industry structure, examine
this industry. Should government be worried about any aspect of how an industry with this market
structure will perform?
Let's identify what kind of an industry/market structure this is based on the given characteristics. Once we determine the type of market, we will move on to discuss if government should worry how this industry will perform.
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- Given your understanding of the various market structures, use the information contained in the diagram below to answer the following questions. Price and cost (dollars per unit) $750 600 475 460 450 400 a) $500, 600 The firm would maximize profit by charging b) $400, 675 Oc) $750: 500 500 d) $400, 500 MR 650 700 725 per unit and producing? ATC MC Quantity per yeararrow_forwardMICROECONOMICS - PROBLEM SET 4 MARKET STRUCTURE 1. The inverse demand curve for the product of a perfectly competi- tive industry is given by P = 160-0.5Q, where P is the price per unit and Q is the quantity. The short-run industry inverse supply curve (for a given number of firms) is P = 100+ 0.25Q. (a) Calculate the equilibrium price and quantity, and hence cal- culate the consumers' surplus and producers' surplus. A tax of 15 per unit sold is now imposed on every unit sold. Calculate the new short-run equilibrium price (including tax) and quantity, and hence calculate the revenue raised. What is the deadweight loss (excess burden) of the tax?arrow_forwardThe first step to gain and sustain a competitive advantage is to Select one: A. develop functional and business-level strategies. B. put the guiding policies of a firm into practice. C. understand the strategies of the competitors. D. define a firm's vision, mission, and values.arrow_forward
- Assume that the most efficient production technology available for making vitamin pills has the cost structure given in the following table. Note that output is measured as the number of bottles of vitamins produced per day and that costs include a normal profit. Output TC MC ATC 50,800 $170,000 $0.60 100,800 220,000 1.10 150,800 257,500 1.71 200,800 365,500 2.45 Instructions: Enter your answers rounded to two decimal places. a. What is ATC per unit for each level of output listed in the table? Enter your answers in the table above. b. Are there economies of scale in production? Yes c. Suppose that the market price for a bottle of vitamins is $1.71. At that price the total market quantity demanded is 301,600,000 bottles. How many firms will be in this industry? firm(s) d. Suppose that, instead, the market quantity demanded at a price of $1.71 is only 150,800. How many firms will be in this industry? firm(s) e. Review your answers to parts b, c, and d. Does the level of demand determine…arrow_forwardDistinguish among three types of imperfectly competitive industries and describe how imperfect competition differs from perfect competition.arrow_forwardProfit is the incentive that drives our market economy. Firms make production, pricing, andhiring decisions based on their quest for profit. But what happens when a firm discoversthat it can make dramatically higher profits by stopping production altogether? In December2000, due to wild swings in the market for electricity, Kaiser Aluminium faced just such adecision.Kaiser Aluminium had contracted with Bonneville power for all of its electricity needs andfound itself in the unique position of being an electricity consumer and, potentially, anelectricity reseller. By December 2000, Kaiser faced a difficult decision of continuing itscurrent aluminium production and profit levels, or closing the plant to dramatically increaseits profit by simply reselling its electricity.When making production decisions, firms must consider both their costs and revenues. Oneimportant concern for many firms is utility costs. In 1996, Kaiser Aluminium Corporation inSpokane, Washington, entered into a…arrow_forward
- 12arrow_forwardusiness EconomicsQ&A LibraryTwo firms A and B produce an identical product (Note: Industry Output = Q). The firms have to decide how much output qA and qB (Note: qA = Firm A Output; qB = Firm B Output) they must produce since they are the only two firms in the industry that manufacture this product. Their marginal cost (MC) is equal to their average cost (AC) and it is constant at MC = AC = X, for both firms. Market demand is given as Q = Y – 2P (where P = price and Q = quantity). Select any value for X between [21 – 69] and any value for Y between [501 – 999]. Using this information, calculate the Industry Price, Industry Output, Industry Profit, Consumer Surplus and Deadweight Loss under each of the following models: (a) Cournot Model Two firms A and B produce an identical product (Note: Industry Output = Q). The firms have to decide how much output qA and qB (Note: qA = Firm A Output; qB = Firm B Output) they must produce since they are the only two firms in…arrow_forwardThe table shown displays the total costs for various levels of output for a firm operating in a perfectly competitive market. Price $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $56 When one unit is produced exceed O marginal costs, marginal revenue, more O marginal revenue; marginal costs more O marginal revenue, marginal costs; less Omarginal costs, marginal revenue, less and the fem should produce Quantity 0 1 2 3 4 15 TC $10.00 $20.00 $2750 $77 50 $147.50 $250 00arrow_forward
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