Gigantic Pharmaceutical Corporation has a patent on a prescription drug, making it the only manufacturer of that prescription drug. Gigantic is currently earning a positive economic profit. (a) Draw a correctly labeled graph for Gigantic and show each of the following. (i) The profit-maximizing quantity, labeled QG (ii) The profit-maximizing price, labeled PG (iii) The average total cost curve, labeled ATC (iv) The area representing the consumer surplus, shaded completely (b) Suppose the demand for the prescription drug increases, and Gigantic hires its warehouse workers in a perfectly competitive labor market. (1) What will happen to Gigantic's demand for warehouse workers? Explain. (ii) What will happen to the wage rate Gigantic pays its warehouse workers and the number of warehouse workers it hires? (c) After Gigantic's patent expires, another firm enters the prescription drug market and produces an identical drug that sells for a lower price. (i) What will happen to Gigantic's producer surplus? (ii) What will happen to the consumer surplus in this prescription drug market? Explain. O

Gigantic Pharmaceutical Corporation has a patent on a prescription drug, making it the only manufacturer of that prescription drug. Gigantic is currently earning a positive economic profit. (a) Draw a correctly labeled graph for Gigantic and show each of the following. (i) The profit-maximizing quantity, labeled QG (ii) The profit-maximizing price, labeled PG (iii) The average total cost curve, labeled ATC (iv) The area representing the consumer surplus, shaded completely (b) Suppose the demand for the prescription drug increases, and Gigantic hires its warehouse workers in a perfectly competitive labor market. (1) What will happen to Gigantic's demand for warehouse workers? Explain. (ii) What will happen to the wage rate Gigantic pays its warehouse workers and the number of warehouse workers it hires? (c) After Gigantic's patent expires, another firm enters the prescription drug market and produces an identical drug that sells for a lower price. (i) What will happen to Gigantic's producer surplus? (ii) What will happen to the consumer surplus in this prescription drug market? Explain. O

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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