ECO-2023 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Deadweight Loss, Price Discrimination, Schizophrenia

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Fixed inputs > fixed costs (does not change) Short run: period of time in which some resources/inputs are fixed. Examples: a lease, the capacity of a plant or facility, the opportunity cost that cannot be quickly liquidated or converted to alternative uses, specialized skills, training, or education needed to serve a market. Long run: a point in time when a seller is no longer committed. Has the opportunity to either expand in the market, or exit the market, or enter a new market. Short run and long run are not based on an actual calendar time. The short run is one year; anything longer than one year is the long run. Average and marginal cost: marginal cost is u shaped and intersects both avc and atc at their minimum points. Explicit cost: a cost paid in money an opportunity cost for use of a resource for which there is a monetary payment.

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Is it true that in a short-run production process, the marginal cost curve eventually slopes upward because firms have to pay workers a higher wage rate as they produce more output? Explain your answer.

Answer:

According to the definition of the short-run in Investopedia, the short-run, in economics, expresses the concept that an economy behaves differently depending on the length of time it has to react to certain stimuli. The short-run does not refer to a specific duration of time but rather is unique to the firm, industry, or economic variable being studied. A key principle guiding the concept of short-run and long-run is that in the short-run, firms face both variable and fixed costs, which means that output, wages and prices do not have full freedom to reach a new equilibrium. Most businesses make decisions not only about how many workers to employ at any given point in time (i.e. the amount of labor) but also about what scale of an operation (i.e. size of factory, office, etc.) to put together and what production processes to use. In contrast, economists often define the short-run as the time horizon over which the scale of operation is fixed and the only available business decision is the number of workers to employ. Technically, the short-run could also represent a situation where the amount of labor is fixed and the amount of capital is variable, but this is fairly uncommon. The logic is that even taking various labor laws as given, it's usually easier to hire and fire workers than it is to significantly change a major production process or move to a new size of factory or office. In the short-run, one factor of production is fixed, e.g. capital. This means that if a firm wants to increase output, it could employ more workers, but not increase capital in the short-run (it takes time to expand.) Therefore in the short-run, we can get diminishing marginal returns, and marginal costs may start to increase quickly. Also, in the short-run, we can see prices and wages out of equilibrium, e.g. sudden rise in demand, may lead to higher prices, but firms don't have the capacity to respond and increase supply.

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1) Suppose that the demand curve faced by a particular firm is given by q = 300 - 5P. Could this be a perfectly competitive firm?

2) The market for wall clocks is perfectly competitive, and the current market price of a wall clock is $24. A particular firm has a short-run marginal cost of production of MC = 0.75q, where q is the number of clocks that it produces.

a. If it is optimal for the firm to produce a positive amount of output in the short run, how much should it produce?

b. Suppose that the firm has fixed costs of $3,000, and its average variable cost when producing the number of clocks found in part (a) is $20. Should the firm produce the amount that you found in part (a) or shut down (produce q = 0)?

c. Suppose instead (for this and all subsequent questions) that the firm has fixed costs of $240, and its variable cost when producing the number of clocks found in part (a) is $400. What is the firm's profit if it produces this amount of output?

d. Under the conditions described in part (c), if this is a constant-cost industry and the demand curve does not change over time, will firm enter this market in the long run or will firms exit this market in the long run?

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Question 16

If price is cut and demand is elastic, total revenue will rise because

		the change in quantity demanded is greater than the percent change in price.
		the percent change in quantity demanded is greater than the change in price.
		the percent change in quantity demanded is greater than the percent change in price.
		customers can't find substitutes.

3 points

Question 17

If price is cut and demand is inelastic, total revenue will fall because

		the change in quantity demanded is less than the percent change in price.
		the percent change in quantity demanded is less than the change in price.
		the percent change in quantity demanded is less than the percent change in price.
		customers can find substitutes.

3 points

Question 18

If something is addictive, then

price and demand are inversely related.

price elasticity of demand is equal to one.

demand is perfectly inelastic.

demand is perfectly elastic.

3 points

Question 19

In general, elasticities measure

		the change in quantity demanded when a product attribute changes.
		the change in consumer spending when income changes.
		the change in an attribute for a percentage change in price.
		the percentage change in the quantity demanded resulting from a fixed percentage change in some attribute.

3 points

Question 20

Average total costs are defined as

total costs divided by the change in output.

total costs divided by output.

the change in total costs when output changes.

average variable costs plus marginal costs.

3 points

Question 21

If a firm is experiencing economies of scale, then the long-run average cost curve is

falling.

rising.

horizontal.

shifting.

3 points

Question 22

If average total cost is rising

marginal cost is above average total cost.

marginal cost is rising.

marginal product is rising.

marginal cost is above average total cost and is falling.

3 points

Question 23

The period of time over which all inputs are variable is the

market horizon.

short run.

calendar year.

long run.

3 points

Question 24

The supply chain refers to

the supply curve.

the process of outsourcing.

the process of downsizing.

the process of creating and selling a product.

3 points

Question 25

When the capital (a fixed input) changes

short-run marginal costs rise.

short-run average total costs fall but do not shift.

labor inputs decline.

the short-run average total cost curve shifts.

3 points

Question 26

A market of price takers is called

perfectly competitive.

monopolistically competitive.

a monopoly.

an oligopoly.

3 points

Question 27

A market with a single seller is called

perfectly competitive.

monopolistically competitive.

a monopoly.

an oligopoly.

3 points

Question 28

A market that mainly stresses product differentiation is called

perfectly competitive.

monopolistically competitive.

a monopoly.

an oligopoly.

3 points

Question 29

Entry into a competitive market will continue until

economic profits are zero.

normal profits are zero.

when accounting losses are zero.

a. and b. are true

3 points

Question 30

Firms in an oligopoly

act independently.

engage in strategic behavior.

have perfect knowledge of the behavior of others.

openly collude.

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Related Questions

		price and demand are inversely related.
		price elasticity of demand is equal to one.
		demand is perfectly inelastic.
		demand is perfectly elastic.

		total costs divided by the change in output.
		total costs divided by output.
		the change in total costs when output changes.
		average variable costs plus marginal costs.

		marginal cost is above average total cost.
		marginal cost is rising.
		marginal product is rising.
		marginal cost is above average total cost and is falling.

		the supply curve.
		the process of outsourcing.
		the process of downsizing.
		the process of creating and selling a product.

		short-run marginal costs rise.
		short-run average total costs fall but do not shift.
		labor inputs decline.
		the short-run average total cost curve shifts.

		perfectly competitive.
		monopolistically competitive.
		a monopoly.
		an oligopoly.

		economic profits are zero.
		normal profits are zero.
		when accounting losses are zero.
		a. and b. are true

		act independently.
		engage in strategic behavior.
		have perfect knowledge of the behavior of others.
		openly collude.

		falling.
		rising.
		horizontal.
		shifting.