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- Read the following statements carefully and state whether they are TRUE, FALSE or UNCERTAIN (ambigous). Ensure to Justify your answers:
a.) A Consumer will always buy more of a good when the price declines.
b.) The marginal cost and the
c.) A Monopolist will choose to operate only in a market where the market demand is perfectly inelastic
d.) In a
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- Carefully explain whether each of the following statements is true, false or uncertain. a.) Because of their monopoly power, monopolists always set the highest price in order to maximize their profits. b.) Accounting profit tends to be larger than economic profit. c.) As Uncle Bob is a rational person, he will always hire an additional worker as long as this worker brings in a positive amount of revenue. d.) A patent or copyright reduce a firm’s or a person’s monopoly power in a market. f.) In a perfectly competitive market, both buyers and sellers are price takers. g.) A firm operating in a perfectly competitive market may earn positive, negative, or zero economic profit in the long run. h.) For a price-taking firm, average revenue equals to marginal revenue. i.) In a perfectly competitive market, firms that raise their prices above market price are typically rewarded with larger profits.A monopolist faces a demand curve P = 100 – 4Q and initially faces total costTC = 12Q. (a) Calculate the profit-maximizing monopoly quantity and price, and compute the monopolist's total revenue and profits at the optimal price. (b) Suppose that the monopolist's total increases to TC = 44Q. Verify that the monopolist's total revenue goes down. c) Suppose that all firms in a perfectly competitive equilibrium had a combined total cost T C = 12Q. Find the long-run perfectly competitive industry price and quantity. Also what are the combined industry profits and revenue. (Hint: the supply curve is just the marginal cost) (d) Suppose that all firms' total costs increased to T C = 44Q. Verify that the increase in marginal cost causes total industry revenue to go up.A monopolist faces a demand curve p=150-q. Currently MC=AC=50. The monopolist is able to develop a cost-saving device which will lower their cost to MC=AC=30.a) How much will profits increase after the introduction of the new technology?b) If it costs the monopolist $3000 to develop this technology would they? If not what would be their maximum they would pay to develop this technology?c) If this industry were perfectly competitive, with the same cost, how much could a patent holder earn for this technology?
- With regard to market structure, answer the following: (a) A monopolist never produces in the inelastic portion of its demand curve. True or false? Why? (b) Draw a figure showing a monopolist producing at the lowest point on its long-run average cost curve. (c) What is third degree price discrimination? Why does a monopolist practice it? What are the conditions are necessary for the monopolist to be able to practice it? Give a real-world example of third degree price discrimination? (c) If the price elasticity of demand is -3 in market 1 and -2 in market 2 and the price in market 1 is $12, what price should a monopolist practicing third degree price discrimination set in market 2?A monopolist has a constant marginal cost of 12. Consumers' inverse demand is P = 32 - 4Q. The monopolist runs a persuasive advertising campaign that costs 26 and increases consumer demand to P = 37 - 4Q. (a) What is the gain (or loss) in the firms profits caused by the advertising campaign? b) When consumers' pre-advertising preferences are used to calculate welfare, what is the welfare gain (or loss) caused by the advertising campaign? Answer 2 Question 1 (c) When consumers' post-advertising preferences are used to calculate welfare, what is the welfare gain (or loss) caused by the advertising campaign? Answer 3 Question 1You are the only seller of Melba sauce in the Albany region. The local demand for jars of Melba sauce and your marginal costs of producing the sauce are as follows: Marginal benefit (demand): P = 50 - 0.5Q Marginal cost (supply): P = 2 + 2Q What quantity of jars of Melba sauce should you optimally produce as a monopolist?
- A monopolist faces a market demand curve given by: Q = 80 - pa) Assume that the monopolist has a cost structure where total costs are described by: C(Q) = 0.25Q2 - 5Q + 1000.What price-quantity combination will a profit maximising monopolist choose? What will profits be? b) What output level would be socially optimal? What is the price at this output level, if all units are sold at the same price? What is the profit? What would the social welfare gain be from this output level compared to the outcome in (a)?c) If government regulation forces the firm to set its price equal to its average cost of production, what will the output level be? What is the price at this output level, if all units are sold at the same price? What is the profit? What would the social welfare gain or loss be from this output level compared to the outcomes in (a) and (b)?Suppose a monopolist has the following cost function C(Q) = 40Q (with marginal cost MC = 40). Suppose it faces market demand of P = 100 - Q.< (a) Sketch market demand, marginal revenues, and marginal costs. Be neat.< (b) What is the monopolist's optimal level of output, price, and profits? Show your work.< (c) What is the deadweight loss (DWL) associated with the monopoly output? Show your work and explain why the DWL arises.< (d) (Cournot Competition) Now suppose we added a second firm that has identical costs to the monopolist. Show that the resulting Cournot Equilibrium has each firm producing output of 60 units. That is, show that, if the other firm sells 60 units, then the best a firm can do is also sell 60 units. (e) What are total profits under Cournot Competition compared to the Monopoly case? Why do they differ? (f) What happens to the deadweight loss under Cournot Competition relative to the Monopoly case? Explain why this happens.<A monopolist faces a market demand curve given by: Q= 70−p. a) If the monopolist can produce at constant average and marginal costs of: AC = MC = 6. what output level will the monopolist choose to maximize profits? What is the price at this output level? What are the monopolist’s profits? b)Assume instead that the monopolist has a cost structure where total costs are described by: C(Q) = 0.25Q^2 - 5Q + 300.With the monopolist facing the same market demand and marginal revenue, what price- quantity combination will be chosen now? What will profits be? c)Assume instead that the monopolist has a cost structure where total costs are described by: C(Q) = 0.0133Q^3 -5Q + 250.With the monopolist facing the same market demand and marginal revenue, what price-quantity combination will be chosen now? What will profits be? d) Graph the market demand curve, the MR curve, and the three marginal cost curves from (a), (b), and (c).
- A monopolist has a demand curve given by P = 90 - 2Q and a total cost curve given by TC = 72 + Q2. The associated marginal cost curve is MC = 2Q, %3D and the associated marginal revenue curve is MR = 90 – 4Q. What is the profit-maximizing quantity and price. How much economic profit does the monopolist earn? Suppose this monopolist could engage in an advertising campaign that would increase demand to P = 108 – 2Q (and MR = 108 – 4Q). What would be the maximum amount this company would be willing to pay for this advertising campaign?QUESTION 3 A monopolist has a cost function of c(x) = x so that its marginal cost is constant at $1 per unit. It faces the following demand curve: D(p) = {100/p 100/p if p > 20 if p ≤ 20 A. What is the profit-maximizing choice of output/price for the monopolist? Graphically represent the monopoly market. B. If the government sets a price ceiling on the monopolist in order to force it to act as a competitor, what price should the government set? C. What output would the monopolist produce if forced to behave as a competitor? D. Based on the information in parts A - C, find the consumer-, producer-, and social surpluses before and after the government intervention.A monopolist has a cost function of c(y)=yso that its marginal costs are constant at $1 per unit. it faces the following demand curve: 0 if p> 20 or 100/y if p is less than or equal to 20 find (1) What is the profit-maximizing choice of output? (2) If the government could set a price ceiling on this monopolist in order to force it to act as a competitor, what price should the government set? 3) What output would the monopolist produce if he is forced to behave as a competitor?