Transcript File - History with Mr. Bayne

Perfect
Competition
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FOUR MARKET MODELS
Characteristics of Pure Competition:
• Many small firms
• Identical products (perfect substitutes)
• Firms are “Price Takers”
• Easy for firms to enter and exit the industry
• No control over price.
• No need to advertise
Pure
Competition
Monopolistic
Competition
Oligopoly
Pure
Monopoly
Market Structure Continuum
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Review
1. Why is a perfectly competitive firm a price taker?
2. How do firms determine what output to produce?
3. Draw and label a perfectly competitive firm
producing 10 units making a profit of $30
4. Draw and label a perfectly competitive firm
producing 10 units making a loss of $30
5. On your graph, identify the firms supply curve
6. On your graph, identify the shut down point
7. What happens in the industry if there is a profit?
8. What happens in the industry if there is a loss?
9. Draw a perfectly competitive firm in long run
equilibrium
10. List 10 words that rhyme with the word “great”
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The Competitive Firm is a Price Taker
Price is set by the Industry
Is the firm making a profit or a loss? Why?
P
S
P
MC
Loss
$10
ATC
D=MR
$10
D
400
Industry
Q
8
Q
Firm
(price taker)
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Perfect Competition
in the Long-Run
You are a wheat farmer. You learn that
there is a more profit in making corn.
What do you do in the long run?
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In the Long-run…
•Firms will enter if there is profit
•Firms will leave if there is loss
•So, ALL firms break even, they make
NO economic profit
(No Economic Profit=Normal Profit)
•In long run equilibrium a perfectly
competitive firm is EXTREMELY
efficient.
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Side-by-side graph for perfectly completive
industry and firm in the LONG RUN
Is the firm making a profit or a loss? Why?
P
S
P
MC
ATC
$15
MR=D
$15
D
5000
Industry
Q
8
Q
Firm
(price taker)
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Firm in Long-Run Equilibrium
Price = MC = Minimum ATC
Firm making a normal profit
P
MC
ATC
$15
MR=D
There is no incentive
to enter or leave the
industry
TC = TR
8
Q
8
82%
Going from Short-Run
to Long-Run
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Firms enter to earn profit so supply
increases in the industry
Price decreases and quantity increases
P
S
P
MC
S1
ATC
$15
MR=D
$15
$10
D
5000 6000 Q
Industry
8
Firm
Q
14
Price falls for the firm because they are
price takers.
Price decreases and quantity decreases
P
S
P
MC
S1
ATC
$15
$15
MR=D
$10
$10
MR1=D1
D
5000 6000 Q
Industry
5 8
Firm
Q
15
New Long Run Equilibrium at $10 Price
Zero Economic Profit
P
P
MC
S1
ATC
$10
MR1=D1
$10
D
5000 6000 Q
Industry
5
Firm
Q
16
1.
2.
3.
4.
Is this the short or the long run? Why?
What will firms do in the long run?
What happens to P and Q in the industry?
What happens to P and Q in the firm?
P
S
P
$15
MC
ATC
MR=D
$15
D
4000 5000
Industry
Q
8
Firm
Q
17
Firms leave to avoid losses so supply
decreases in the industry
Price increases and quantity decreases
P
S1
S
P
MC
ATC
$20
$15
MR=D
$15
D
4000 5000
Industry
Q
8
Firm
Q
18
Price increase for the firm because they
are price takers.
Price increases and quantity increases
P
S1
S
P
$20
MC
$20
$15
$15
ATC
MR1=D1
MR=D
D
4000 5000
Industry
Q
89
Firm
Q
19
New Long Run Equilibrium at $20 Price
Zero Economic Profit
S1
P
P
$20
MC
$20
ATC
MR1=D1
D
4000
Industry
Q
9
Firm
Q
20
Going from Long-Run
to Long-Run
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Currently in Long-Run Equilibrium
If demand increases, what happens in the short-run
and how does it return to the long run?
P
S
P
MC
ATC
MR1=D1
$15
MR=D
$15
D
5000
Industry
Q
8
Firm
Q
22
Demand Increases
The price increases and quantity increases
Profit is made in the short-run
P
S
P
MC
ATC
$20
$20
$15
$15
MR1=D1
MR=D
D1
D
5000
Industry
Q
8 9
Firm
Q
23
Firms enter to earn profit so supply
increases in the industry
Price Returns to $15
P
S S1
P
MC
ATC
$20
$20
$15
$15
MR1=D1
MR=D
D1
D
5000 7000 Q
Industry
8 9
Firm
Q
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Back to Long-Run Equilibrium
The only thing that changed from long-run to
long-run is quantity in the industry
S1
P
P
MC
ATC
$15
MR=D
$15
D1
D
7000 Q
Industry
8
Firm
Q
25
Efficiency
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PURE COMPETITION AND EFFICIENCY
In general, efficiency is the optimal use
of societies scarce resources
•Perfect Competition forces producers to use
limited resources to their fullest.
•Inefficient firms have higher costs and are
the first to leave the industry.
•Perfectly competitive industries are
extremely efficient
There are two kinds of efficiency:
1. Productive Efficiency
2. Allocative Efficiency
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Efficiency Revisited
Which points are productively efficient?
Which are allocatively efficient?
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A
B
Bikes
12
G
10
Productive Efficient
combinations are A through D
(they are produced at the
lowest cost)
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E
6
Allocative Efficient
combinations depend on
the wants of society
C
4
F
2
D
0
0
2
4
6
8
10
Computers
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Productive Efficiency
The production of a good in a least
costly way. (Minimum amount of
resources are being used)
Graphically it is where…
Price = Minimum ATC
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Short-Run
Price
MC
ATC
D=MR
Profit
P
Notice that the product is NOT being made
at the lowest possible cost
(ATC not at lowest point).
Q
Quantity
30
Short-Run
MC
Price
ATC
P
Loss
D=MR
Notice that the product is NOT being made at the
lowest possible cost (ATC not at lowest point).
Q
Quantity
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Long-Run Equilibrium
MC
Price
ATC
D=MR
P
Notice that the product is being made at
the lowest possible cost (Minimum ATC)
Q
Quantity
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Allocative Efficiency
Producers are allocating resources
to make the products most wanted
by society.
Graphically it is where…
Price = MC
Why? Price represents the benefit
people get from a product.
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Long-Run Equilibrium
Price
MC
MR
P
Optimal amount
being produced
The marginal benefit to society
(as measured by the price) equals
the marginal cost.
Q
Quantity
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What if the firm makes 15 units?
Price
MC
MR
The marginal benefit to
society is greater the
marginal cost.
Not enough produced.
Society wants more
$5
$3
15 20
Quantity
Underallocation
of resources
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What if the firm makes 22 units?
MC
Price
$7
MR
$5
The marginal benefit to
society is less than the
marginal cost.
Too much Produced.
Society wants less
20 22
Quantity
Overallocation of
resources
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Long-Run Equilibrium
MC
Price
ATC
D=MR
P
P = Minimum ATC = MC
EXTREMELY EFFICIENT!!!!
Q
Quantity
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