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The basic difference between the short run and the long run is the following:
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at least one resource is fixed in the short run, while all resources are variabke in the long run
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Assume that in the short run a firm is producing 100 units of output, has average total costs of $200, and average variable costs of $150. The firm's total fixed costs are:
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$5,000
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In the short run the sure screen t shirt company is producing 500 units of output. It's average variable costs are $2.00 and it's average fixed costs are $.50. The firms total costs:
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665
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Marginal costs can be defined as the:
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Change in total variable cost resulting from one more unit of production
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When firms have market power, it means that they:
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can noticeably affect the market price.
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A profit maximizing firm in a competitive market is able to sell its product for $9. At its current level of output the firm's average total cost is $10. Its marginal cost curve crosses the marginal revenue curve at an output level of 10 units. What is the total loss of this firm?
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Exactly $10
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Your friend Tom runs a widget factory (a perfectly competitive market), and he is concerned because profits seem low. He tells you that he is producing where:
1) P=MR=MC
2) P=ATC
3) P>AVC
What can you tell him about his business?
1) P=MR=MC
2) P=ATC
3) P>AVC
What can you tell him about his business?
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He is earning 0 economic profit, but he is earning normal profit, do not exit
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Which of the following statements best reflects the production decision of a profit maximizing firm in a competitive market when price falls below the minimum of average variable cost?
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The firm will immediately stop production to minimize its losses.
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Which of the following describes the long run supply curve for a constant cost industry?
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...
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A firm maximizes its revenue when ..., and its profits when ...
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MR is 0, MR intersects MC
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If a pure monopolist is producing at that output where P=ATC, then
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its economic profits will be zero.