Microeconomics For Today (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Irvin B. Tucker
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 18SQ
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What happens to the short-run economic profit of a
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We expect that firms in perfectly competitive markets can earn higher economic profits in the short run but will only earn normal profit in the long run.
1. Business owners would prefer to earn higher economy profits. Why do economists consider it inefficient when firms earn above normal profit?
2. Why do economists consider it inefficient when firms earn less than normal profit?
In a competitive market with free entry and exit from the market a permanent rise in demand will lead to
Select one or more:
a.
normal profits being made in the long-run
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excess profits being made in the short run (before new firms can enter)
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entry by new firms
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a permanent rise in prices
a. In the long run, what is the firm's equilibrium production decision?
b. In the long run, what is the market equilibrium price and quantity? What is the industry's long-run supply curve?
c. In the long run, how many firms will stay in the industry?
d. If the government decide to impost a $7 tax per unit, what is the new long-run equilibrium market price and quantity?
e. How many firms are producing after the tax
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