Suppose you have been tasked with regulating a single monopoly firm that sells 50-pound bags of concrete. The firm has fixed costs of $10 million per year and a variable cost of $5 per bag no matter how many bags are produced. Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number. In part e, round your answer to two decimal places. a. If this firm keeps increasing its output level, will ATC per bag ever increase? No Are there economies of scale at all levels of output? Yes b. If you wished to regulate this monopoly by charging the socially optimal price, what price would you charge? 24 per bag At that price, the size of the firm's loss would be $ million. Will the firm want to exit the industry?

Suppose you have been tasked with regulating a single monopoly firm that sells 50-pound bags of concrete. The firm has fixed costs of $10 million per year and a variable cost of $5 per bag no matter how many bags are produced. Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number. In part e, round your answer to two decimal places. a. If this firm keeps increasing its output level, will ATC per bag ever increase? No Are there economies of scale at all levels of output? Yes b. If you wished to regulate this monopoly by charging the socially optimal price, what price would you charge? 24 per bag At that price, the size of the firm's loss would be $ million. Will the firm want to exit the industry?

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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