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Argosy University/ Phoniex University/
Nov-2005 - Oct-2011
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Phoniex University
Oct-2001 - Nov-2016
| I. Perfect Competition | |||||||||||
| a. Fill in the table for the perfectly competitive firm. Explain how you arrived at each number | |||||||||||
| b. What is the optimal output, price and profit of the firm? | |||||||||||
| c. Is the firm in long or only short-run equilibrium? Explain. | |||||||||||
| Perfectly Competitive Firm | Perfect Competition Market |
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| total | total | ||||||||||
| quantity | marginal | variable | fixed | total | marginal | total | Quantity | Quantity | |||
| supplied | cost | cost | cost | cost | revenue | revenue | profit | Price | Demand | Supplied | |
| 10 | $5 | $71 | $5 | 16,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| 11 | $77 | $6 | 15,000 | 11,000 | |||||||
| 12 | $84 | $7 | 14,000 | 12,000 | |||||||
| 13 | $92 | $8 | 13,000 | 13,000 | |||||||
| 14 | $101 | $9 | 12,000 | 14,000 | |||||||
| 15 | $111 | $12 | $10 | 11,000 | 15,000 | ||||||
| II. Monopoly | |||||||||||
| a. Fill in the table for the monopoly firm. Explain how you arrived at each number |
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| b. What is the optimal output, price and profit of the firm? | |||||||||||
| c. Compare and explain the monopoly differences in price, quantity and profit to the PC model in I above. |
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| Monopoly Firm | Monopoly Market | ||||||||||
| total | total | ||||||||||
| quantity | marginal | variable | fixed | total | marginal | total | Quantity | ||||
| supplied | cost | cost | cost | cost | revenue | revenue | profit | Price | Demand | ||
| 7,000 | $5 | $71,000 | $8 | $14 | 7,000 | ||||||
| 8,000 | $77,000 | $13 | 8,000 | ||||||||
| 9,000 | $84,000 | $12 | 9,000 | ||||||||
| 10,000 | $92,000 | $11 | 10,000 | ||||||||
| 11,000 | $101,000 | $10 | 11,000 | ||||||||
| 12,000 | $111,000 | $12,000 | $9 | 12,000 | |||||||
III. Assume that the the market in the problems above is instead imperfectly competitive - let's say monopolistic competition. Please demonstrate your understanding of this market structure by listing an example price and quantity that a firm within the industry would set. Explain your answer. (Hint: Perfect competition and monopoly are boundaries for which imperfect competition exists between.)
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