Suppose the market price is equal to 10. When a firm has the
following cost function...
Suppose the market price is equal to 10. When a firm has the
following cost function when capital is fixed: C(q)=100+4q2. What
is the firm's maximized profit level?
There are 10 firms in this market. Each firm has the
following long-run cost function: TC = 200 + 0.5q^2 Market demand
for paper is given by Qd=300-5p Suppose we are in the long run, so
both labor and capital are variable.a) What is the long-run market price?b) How many firms will be in this market in the long run?c) What is each firm’s producer surplus in the long run?
A competitive firm faces a market price of $15. The firm has a
total cost function equal to TC(q) = 30 + 5q + q2 . What quantity
does the firm produce? What are its profits? Will the firm shut
down in the short run? Explain.
Suppose a firm has the following total cost function TC =
200+2q2 . If price equals $30, what is the firms’ profit maximizing
output? What are its short-run profits?
Suppose that a firm in a monopolistically competitive market has
a cost function of TC= 100,000 + 20Q.
What is the marginal cost function?
If the price elasticity of demand is currently -1.5, what price
should the firm charge?
What is the marginal revenue at the price computed in part
b)?
If a competitor develops a substitute product and the price
elasticity of demand increases to -3.0, what price should the firm
now charge?
In a homogeneous product duopoly, each firm has constant
marginal cost equal to 10. The market inverse demand curve is p =
250 – 2Q where Q = q1 + q2 is the sum of the outputs of firms 1 and
2, and p is the price of the good. Marginal and average cost for
each firm is 10. Word limit per question: 400 words (200 words per
part of question)
(a) What are the Cournot and Bertrand equilibrium quantities...
Suppose that a price-taker firm has a marginal cost function
given by: MC= 20+0.2q. The firm could join a
cartel in its industry and agree to a quota of 10
units. The collusion drives the price of the good from
$24.55 to $50.00.
Suppose that if the firm cheats on the cartel, it has no effect
on the price. Calculate the producer surplus of this firm when they
cheat on the cartel.
In a homogeneous product duopoly, each firm has constant
marginal cost equal to 10. The market inverse
demand curve is p = 250 –
2Q where Q = q1 +
q2 is the sum of the outputs of firms 1 and 2,
and p is the price of the good. Marginal and
average cost for each firm is 10.
(a) What are the Cournot and Bertrand equilibrium quantities and
prices in this market? In a two period version of the
model in which each...
A firm has the following marginal cost function:
MC(y) = 2y
and fixed costs equal to $ 16. If the price of y changes from $
8 to $ 15 what is the change in the firm's profits?
Consider the following situations where the market price is not
equal to the equilibrium price:
Suppose the price of the good is set at $3. Calculate the size
of the surplus or shortage.
Suppose that the price of the good is set at $7. Calculate the
size of the surplus or shortage.
A firm that produces shirts has a
production function q=f(K,L)=KL/10, that has a cost price of labor=
$10 and cost price of capital=$100. Find the firm’s long run
average cost function, and marginal cost function. Graph AC(q) and
MC(q) and identify the firm’s long-run supply curve.