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3. in a competitive market, how will the actions of any single buyer or seller impact the market price?
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- Explain in detail how purely competitive markets, in the long-run, know how to adjust to and provide the correct output, at the correct price. Give an example of a good or service you might buy that is closest to being in a purely competitive market. Explain your logic.In this week’s discussion we focus on market competition and the power of firms to set prices. (a) Along with your textbook reading, review the videos, blog, and articles on market competition. Then respond to the following questions: If all the firms in an industry are charging the same price, is it fair to say that they are engaged in price collusion? To what extent might this be a plausible explanation? Are there any other possible explanations? What type of market structure do you think is more conducive to firms engaging in price-fixing? Why do you think the price-fixing situation in the case described went on for so long? (one paragraph) Click the link to review a recent price-fixing case on bread. (b) In your town or city try to find a local business that appears to enjoy some degree of monopoly power (it does not have to be a pure monopoly: one unique product and one seller). Briefly describe the nature of this business and explain some of the factors that give it monopoly…2. The demand curve facing a competitive firm The following graph illustrates the market for small moving trucks in Flagstaff, AZ, during Northern Arizona's fall move-in week. PRICE (Dollars per small trick) 100 90 70 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 Demand 1 2 0 1 2 3 QUANTITY (Hundreds of small trucks) Supply Suppose that Zoom be is one of over a dozen competitive firms in the Flagstaff area that offers moving truck rentals. Based on the preceding graph showing the weekly market demand and supply curves, the price Zoomba must take as given is 9 Fill in the price and the total, marginal, and average revenue Zoomba earns when it rents 0, 1, 2, or 3 trucks during move-in week. Quantity Price (Trucks) (Dollars per truck) Total Revenue Marginal Revenue (Dollars) (Dollars) Average Revenue (Dollars per truck) 10 O Marginal revenue curve O Supply curve O Marginal cost curve Ⓒ Average revenue curve 0 The demand curve faced by Zoomba is identical to which of its other curves? Check all that apply. $10
- Figure 12-6 Price (dollars per pound) Market 3 price 2 0 10 20 30 MC ATC D=MR 40 Quantity (thousands of pounds) Figure 12-6 shows the demand, marginal cost (MC) and average total cost (ATC) curves for Jason's House of Apples. Refer to Figure 12-6. Jason is currently producing 20 thousand pounds of apples. To maximize his profit Jason should keep production at 20 thousand pounds. O increase production to the output rate indicated by point e. increase production to the output rate indicated by point d. O decrease production to the output rate indicated by point a.1. Characteristics of competitive markets The model of competitive markets relies on these three core assumptions: 1. There must be many buyers and sellers-a few players can't dominate the market. 2. Firms must produce an identical product-buyers must regard all sellers' products as equivalent. 3. Firms and resources must be fully mobile, allowing free entry into and exit from the industry. The first two conditions imply that all consumers and firms are price takers. While the third is not necessary for price-taking behavior, assume for this problem that a market cannot maintain competition in the long run without free entry. Identify whether or not each of the following scenarios describes a competitive market, along with the correct explanation of why or why not. Scenario There are hundreds of colleges that serve millions of students each year. The colleges vary by location, size, and educational quality, which enables students with diverse preferences to find schools that match…Give typing answer with explanation and conclusion Sort the following characteristics by whether they describe competitive markets, firms that can perfectly price-discriminate, both, or neither. maximize total surplus result in some deadweight loss zero economic profit in the long run eliminate consumer surplus
- 2. Consider the iPad, which was introduced by Apple in 2010, and answer the following questions: a. what type of market structure did this initially represent when it was first released? What implications do you think this had in terms of its initial profitability? b. Over the past five years or so, do you think this market has changed in any way? Describe the evolution of this market, and justify your answer by employing theories you have learnt in this unit.Categorize each seller below on the basis of the type of market it operates in. a. A rice farmer operates in a(n) [perfectly competitive market. b. A bed and breakfast in a popular resort operates in a(n) (Click to select) c. A manufacturer of wide-bodied aircraft operates in a(n) (Click to select) market. d. A company given an exclusive license to provide taxi service in a small town operates in a(n) (Click to select) (Click to elect monopolistically competitive oligopolistic monopolistic perfectly competitive market. LUMBE market.Give typing answer with explanation and conclusion Which of the following characteristic(s) does not describe a competitive market? 1. A market where firms can freely enter or exit the market. 2. A market where firms sell a differentiated product. 3. A market with few buyers and sellers. 4. A market where firms sell a nearly identical product. Choices A.2 and 3 B.1, 2 and 3 C.1, 3, and 4
- 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.4. Profit maximization in the cost-curve diagram Suppose that the market for candles is a competitive market. The following graph shows the daily cost curves of a firm operating in this market. (Note: Area in blue rectangle is shown in thousands.) 32 28 V 24 ATC AVC MC PRICE (Dollars per candle) 40 36 8 4 0 0 + 2 4 8 6 10 QUANTITY (Thousands of candles) 12 14 16 18. 20 6,000 In the short run, at a market price of $20 per candle, this firm will choose to produce candles per day. 8,000 Profit or Loss (in thousands) ? On the previous graph, 9,000 the blue rectangle (circle symbols) to shade the area (in the 12000 ands) representing the firm's profit or loss if the market price is $20 and the firm chooses to produce the quantity you already selected. Note: In the following question, you should enter a positive number in the numeric entry field. [$ The area (in thousands) of this rectangle indicates that the firm's would be per day.2. A fisher sells Hilsha fishes in a perfectly competitive market and faces a price of $5 per kg at possible weekly outputs of between 3000 and 5000 kg. a. Identify the fisher's marginal revenue in this output range. b. Explain how the relationship between price and marginal revenue is affected by the fact that this fisher operates in a perfectly competitive market. c. Draw the fisher's marginal revenue curve. Does it have the shape you expect? Explain.
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