CONNECT F/MICROECONOMICS
21st Edition
ISBN: 2810022151240
Author: McConnell
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 11, Problem 2P
To determine
Average Total Cost .
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The coffee industry is comprised of many firms producing an identical product. Market demand and supply conditions are indicated in the left-hand panel of the figure below; the long-run cost curves of a representative coffee farmer are shown in the right-hand Currently, the market price for coffee is $2 per pound, and at that price consumers are purchasing 800,000 pounds of coffee per day.
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Suppose that each firm in a competitive industry has the following as the Total cost: TC=50+ ½q2
Where q is an individual firm’s quantity produced.
The market demand curve for this product is
Demand: Q = 120 – P
Where P is the price and Q is the total quantity of the good. Currently, there are 9 firms in the market
What is each firm’s fixed cost? What is its variable cost?
At what quantity efficiency of scale would be achieved?
Give the equation for each firm’s supply curve
Give the equation for the market supply curve for the short run
What is the equilibrium price and quantity for this market in the short run?
In this equilibrium, how much does each firm produce? Is there incentive for firms to enter or exit?
In the long run with free entry and exit, what is the equilibrium price and quantity in this market?
In the long-run equilibrium, how many firms are in the market?
I want the subparts 4,5,6 to be solved. Thank you
Suppose that each firm in a competitive industry has the following as the Total cost: TC=50+ ½q2
Where q is an individual firm’s quantity produced.
The market demand curve for this product is
Demand: Q = 120 – P
Where P is the price and Q is the total quantity of the good. Currently, there are 9 firms in the market
What is each firm’s fixed cost? What is its variable cost?
At what quantity efficiency of scale would be achieved?
Give the equation for each firm’s supply curve
Give the equation for the market supply curve for the short run
What is the equilibrium price and quantity for this market in the short run?
In this equilibrium, how much does each firm produce? Is there incentive for firms to enter or exit?
In the long run with free entry and exit, what is the equilibrium price and quantity in this market?
In the long-run equilibrium, how many firms are in the market?
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