Managerial Economics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781337681599
Author: Luke M. Froeb; Brian T. McCann; Michael R. Ward
Publisher: Cengage Limited
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Profit.
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a perfectly competitive market over the long run,
a. an increase in market demand or a decrease in firms' costs will lead to a decrease in the
number of firms operating within the market.
b. an improvement in production technology will increase profits at fust, but those profits
will be competed away over time as more firms enter the industry and reduce market price.
c. market price will equal maximum possible average total cost in long-run equilibrium.
d.
an increase in demand will cause the final market equilibrium to be at the original price but
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1. The market for manicures and other nail treatments is very competitive. How would the following developments affect the number of nail treatments that a typical nail salon wants to supply in the short run?
a. Heightened concern about their appearance causes people to want more manicures at a given price.
b. The government requires all nail salons to pay a new yearly licensing fee to operate.
c. Worse job prospects elsewhere in the economy cause more people to want to become manicurists, causing the wages of manicurists to fall.
If firms can easily enter and exit a market, then
A. firms will earn zero economic profit in the short run.
B. firms will produce at minimum average fixed cost in the long run.
C. firms will produce where price is greater than marginal cost.
D. firms will produce where price is greater than marginal revenue.
E. firms will produce at minimum average cost in the long run.
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