Day care is provided by a competitive constant-cost industry at a price of $40 per child per day. The government wants to increase the availability of day care and thus chooses to build and operate 50 new day care centers across the nation. (i) In the short run, what happens to the price of day care? Does the total amount of day care provided increase in the short run? What happens to the profits of day care centers? (ii) In the long run, what happens to the size of the day care industry? What happens to the price of day care and the profits of day care centers? Does the total amount of day care provided increase in the long run? Answer the question and illustrate on a graph
Day care is provided by a competitive constant-cost industry at a
(i) In the short run, what happens to the price of day care? Does the total amount of day care provided increase in the short run? What happens to the profits of day care centers?
(ii) In the long run, what happens to the size of the day care industry? What happens to the price of day care and the profits of day care centers? Does the total amount of day care provided increase in the long run?
Answer the question and illustrate on a graph
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