Assignment:
1.For each of the following market structure characteristics, insert the correct Market Type(s). There may be more than one. Use these abbreviations: PC - perfect competition; MC - monopolistic competition; and M - monopoly.
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Advertising is not effective for the individual firm.
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MR
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The seller is a price-taker.
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Neither an individual buyer nor seller can affect the market demand and supply curves.
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Long-run economic profits are possible.
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In long run equilibrium, each supplier produces where SRATC and LRATC are at a minimum.
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Advertising is used extensively.
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In equilibrium, P = MR = MC.
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Profits are maximized at the output where MR = MC
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P>MR
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Product is unique.
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In equilibrium, products cannot be produced at a lower cost or sold at lower price.
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Economies of scale are often a barrier to entry.
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Products have many close substitutes.
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2. A firm sells its product in a perfectly competitive market where other firms charge a price of $80 per unit. The firm's costs are C(Q) = 40 + 8Q + 2Q2. Show your computations.
a. How much output should the firm produce in the short-run?
b. What price should the firm charge in the short-run?
c. What are the firm's short-run profits?
d. What adjustments should be anticipated in the long-run?