Economics: Principles, Problems, & Policies (McGraw-Hill Series in Economics) - Standalone book
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Justin’s Jeans sells in a perfectly competitive market with a downward-sloping demand curve and an upward-sloping supply curve. The market price is $33 per unit, and the total fixed cost is $30.(a) Identify the profit-maximizing quantity. Explain using marginal analysis. (b) Calculate the economic profit at the profit-maximizing quantity you identified in part (a). Show your work.(c) Calculate the average fixed cost of producing 6 units. Show your work.(d) Based on your answer to part (b), will the number of firms in the industry increase, decrease, or stay the same in the long run? Explain.(e) Based on your answer to part (b), will the market price increase, decrease, or stay the same in the long run? Explain.(f) The income elasticity of demand for Good M is 1.4, and the cross-price elasticity of demand for jeans with respect to the price of Good M is −0.75. Based on your answer to part (e), what will happen to the demand for jeans? Explain.(g) Now assume that the market in which…
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