Principles Of Microeconomics
Principles Of Microeconomics
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780135162170
Author: CASE, Karl E., Fair, Ray C., Oster, Sharon M.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 13, Problem 3.1P
To determine

Total revenue, total cost, profit, consumer surplus, and dead weight loss.

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Case 1: Under competition:

The profit maximizing price under competition (PC) is $250, the quantity of output (Q) produced at that price is 5,000.

The total revenue (TR) of the firm under competition is calculated as follows:

TR=PC×Q=250×5,000=1,250,000

The total revenue of the competitive firm is $1,250,000.

The total cost (TC) of the firm under competition is calculated as follows:

TC=MC×Q=250×5,000=1,250,000

The total cost of the competitive firm is $1,250,000.

The profit of the firm under competition is calculated as follows:

Profit=TRTC=1,250,0001,250,000=0

The profit under competition is $0.

The consumer surplus under competition is calculated as follows:

Consumer surplus = 12×(Maximum amount willing to pay  Actual amount paid)×Q12×(500  250)×5,000=(250)×2,500=625,000

The consumer surplus under competition is $625,000.

There is no dead weight loss under competition; the deadweight loss is thus $0.

The diagram of the all the firms being into a monopoly is depicted in Figure 1.

Principles Of Microeconomics, Chapter 13, Problem 3.1P

In Figure 1, the horizontal axis depicts the quantity of output and the vertical axis depicts the price.

Case 2: Under Monopoly

The profit maximizing price under monopoly (PM) is $375, where the marginal cost (MC) equals the marginal revenue (MRM) and at that price, the quantity of output (Q) produced is 2,500.

The total revenue (TR) of the firm under monopoly is calculated as follows:

TR=PM×Q=375×2,500=937,500

The total revenue of the monopoly firm is $937,500.

The total cost (TC) of the firm under monopoly is calculated as follows:

TC=MC×Q=250×2,500=625,000

The total cost of the monopoly firm is $625,000.

The profit of the firm under a monopoly is calculated as follows:

Profit=TRTC=937,500625,000=312,500

The profit of monopoly firm is $312,500.

The consumer surplus of a monopoly firm is calculated as follows:

Consumer surplus = 12×(Maximum amount willing to pay  Actual amount paid)×Q12×(500  375)×2,500=(125)×1,250=156,250

The consumer surplus of a monopoly firm is $156,250.

The deadweight loss under monopoly is the area of the triangle mentioned in Figure 1 which is calculated as follows:

Deadweight loss = 12×(375  250)×(5,0002,500)12×(125)×2,500=(125)×1,250=156,250

The deadweight loss of the monopoly firm is $156,250.

The potential remedies include the following:

  1. 1. Breaking up the monopoly by imposing a price ceiling (PC) at $250,
  2. 2. Eliminating barriers to entry,
  3. 3. Imposing sanctions on violators of provisions of the anti-trust laws,
  4. 4. Obtaining a decree to stop anti-competitive behavior.
Economics Concept Introduction

Monopoly: A monopoly is a market structure where there is only one seller of a good or service, which does not have a close substitute.

Marginal revenue (MR): Marginal revenue is the additional revenue earned by a firm by producing an extra unit of output.

Marginal cost (MC): Marginal cost is the additional cost incurred by the firm by producing an extra unit of output.

Total revenue (TR): TR is the amount of money that a firm, company, or an industry actually receives during a specific period.

Total cost (TC): TC is the total expenses incurred by a firm in the production of a particular amount of goods and services during a specific period of time.

Perfectly competitive market: It is the perfect market structure where there are a large numbers of sellers and buyers, with sellers selling homogeneous products.

Consumer surplus: Consumer surplus is the difference between the total amount that consumers are willing to pay for a good or service and the total amount that they actually do pay.

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