Why is allocative efficiency achieved at a level of output where
price = marginal cost? Provide...
Why is allocative efficiency achieved at a level of output where
price = marginal cost? Provide a complete explanation that includes
a discussion of from where the firm's marginal costs come.
Efficiency in production (as part of allocative efficiency) is
achieved if an economy's combination of goods (two goods produced
with one resource) falls on its Production Possibilities Frontier.
Yet allocative efficiency additionally requires optimality in
consumption.
Explain overall allocative efficiency (do not worry about the
possibilities of international trade)-- its conditions in the
absence of market failures and why it does not hold in reality.
Efficiency in production (as part of allocative efficiency) is
achieved if an economy's combination of goods (two goods produced
with on resource) falls on its Production Possibilities Frontier.
Yet allocative efficiency additionally requires optimality in
consumption. Explain overall allocative efficiency (do not worry
about the possibilities of international trade)-- its condition in
the absence of market failures and why it does not hold in
reality.
A company produces at an output level where marginal cost is
equal to marginal revenue and has the following revenue and cost
levels:
Total revenue = $1,450
Total cost = $1,500
Total variable cost = $1,300
What would you suggest?
shut down
continue to produce because the loss is less than the total
fixed cost
increase production to lower the marginal cost
reduce output to lower the marginal cost
raise the price
A monopolist:
Maximizes profit at the output where price equals marginal
cost.
Charges a higher price than a competitive firm, ceteris
paribus.
Is a price taker since it has market power.
Cannot earn an economic profit in the long run.
1..A pure monopolist will maximize profits by
producing at that output where price and marginal cost are
equal.
A)True
B)False
2..In the long run a pure monopolist will maximize
profits by producing that output at which marginal cost is equal
to:
A)average total cost.
B)marginal revenue.
C)average variable cost.
D)average cost.
3..Which is not true for a monopolistically
competitive industry?
A).Firms tend to operate with excess capacity.
B). Each firm faces a downward-sloping demand curve.
C). These firms earn zero...
For competitive firms, they set marginal cost equal to market
price at profit-maximizing level of output.
In the short run, marginal revenue curve faced by a competitive
firm is downward-sloping.
Competitive firms always produce a positive amount of output in
the short run (q > 0).
Competitive firms earn zero economic profit in the long run
equilibrium.
All these are True False Questions
A competitive firm has a marginal cost equal to: MC(y)=3y, where
y is the output level. The intersection of the average cost and the
marginal cost happens at output level equal to 4. How much will the
firm produce in the long-run at price equal to $9?