Imperfect Competition (10
pts.)
(a) Discuss profit maximization in
perfect competition and monopoly (Use of MR, MC, P, and Q
required).
(b) Give two separate graphs and show
the level of optimum output in both cases.
(c)Which market is efficient and
why?
You should discuss the concept of Profit maximization in Perfect
Competition and Monopoly. Discuss the different potential scenarios
(profit and loss making illustrations for both market structures).
Do refer also in potential alternative company strategies, except
of profit maximization.
A report of 3.000 words should be submitted and a presentation
of approximately 10 slides should be made, during a Teams session
by the students.
QUESTION 1
Which of the following is not a condition for perfect
competition?
a.
Firms are protected by barriers to entry.
b.
Firms sell a standardized product.
c.
Firms take prices as given.
d.
Firms have perfect information.
1 points
QUESTION 2
The profit maximizing output level for a perfectly competitive
firm is always where
a.
MC = ATC.
b.
P = AVC.
c.
P = MC.
d.
MC = AVC.
1 points
QUESTION 3
If a firm's...
7. Show analytically that the necessary condition for the profit
maximization of a monopolist that
supplies his output in two separate markets with two different
demand functions is
MR1 = MR2 = MC.
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4. Perfect competition vs. monopolistic competition:
(a) What is the difference between perfect competition and
monopolistic competition?
(b) Suppose the only long-run adjustment is free entry or exit
of firms. What is the difference between the short-run equilibrium
conditions faced by a perfectly competitive firm and a
monopolistically competitive firm? How about the long-run
equilibrium conditions?
Question 1
How are perfect competition and monopolistic competition
different?
Economic profit is not positive for perfect competitors, but it
is for monopolistic competitive firms.
The resources in a society are under-allocated to production within
a perfectly competitive industry.
Items sold within monopolistic competition have more variation in
their characteristics.
Economic profit is more than zero for perfectly competitive firm,
but is zero for monopolistic competitors.
Question 2
________ is firms’ ability to make the same pricing decisions
without consulting...
Perfect Competition (15)
1. What is unique about
perfect competition as a market structure that sets it apart from
the other three market structures we cover in this course? How does
it affect the diagrams that we use to analyze firm behavior?
(4)
A competitive industry consists of m identical firms, each with a cost function of C(Y)=Y2+1. Suppose also that the market demand is given by P=100-Y. Calculate the equilibrium number of firms in the market.
Profit Maximization. The primary goal of most businesses is
profit
maximization. Discuss the concept of profit maximization. How can
it be
reconciled with corporate social responsibility? Can profit
maximization promote
social welfare?