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1 Firms in Competitive Markets
2 The Meaning of Competition A perfectly competitive market has the following characteristics: There are many buyers and sellers in the market. The goods offered by the various sellers are largely the same. Firms can freely enter or exit the market.
3 The Meaning of Competition As a result of its characteristics, the perfectly competitive market has the following outcomes: The actions of any single buyer or seller in the market have a negligible impact on the market price. Each buyer and seller takes the market price as given.
4 The Meaning of Competition Buyers and sellers in competitive markets are said to be price takers. Buyers and sellers must accept the price determined by the market.
5 Revenue of a Competitive Firm Total revenue for a firm is the selling price times the quantity sold. TR = (P X Q)
6 Revenue of a Competitive Firm Total revenue is proportional to the amount of output.
7 Revenue of a Competitive Firm Average revenue tells us how much revenue a firm receives for the typical unit sold.
8 Revenue of a Competitive Firm In perfect competition, average revenue equals the price of the good. Average revenue = = Total revenue (Price ) = Price
9 Revenue of a Competitive Firm Marginal revenue is the change in total revenue from an additional unit sold. MR = TR/ Q
10 Revenue of a Competitive Firm For competitive firms, marginal revenue equals the price of the good.
11 Total, Average, and Marginal Revenue for a Competitive Firm Price Total Revenue Average Revenue Marginal Revenue (Q) (P) (TR=PxQ) (AR=TR/Q) (MR= TR/ Q ) 1 $6. $6. $6. 2 $6. $12. $6. $6. 3 $6. $18. $6. $6. 4 $6. $24. $6. $6. 5 $6. $3. $6. $6. 6 $6. $36. $6. $6. 7 $6. $42. $6. $6. 8 $6. $48. $6. $6.
12 Profit Maximization for the Competitive Firm The goal of a competitive firm is to maximize profit. This means that the firm will want to produce the quantity that maximizes the difference between total revenue and total cost.
13 Profit Maximization: A Numerical Example Price Total Revenue Total Cost Profit Marginal Revenue Marginal Cost (P) (Q) (TR=PxQ) (TC) (TR-TC) (MR= TR/ Q ) MC= TC / Q $. $3. -$3. $6. 1 $6. $5. $1. $6. $2. $6. 2 $12. $8. $4. $6. $3. $6. 3 $18. $12. $6. $6. $4. $6. 4 $24. $17. $7. $6. $5. $6. 5 $3. $23. $7. $6. $6. $6. 6 $36. $3. $6. $6. $7. $6. 7 $42. $38. $4. $6. $8. $6. 8 $48. $47. $1. $6. $9.
14 Harcourt, Inc. items and derived items copyright 21 by Harcourt, Inc. Profit Maximization for the Competitive Firm... Costs and Revenue MC 2 P=MR 1 The firm maximizes profit by producing the quantity at which marginal cost equals marginal revenue. MC ATC P = AR = MR AVC MC 1 Q 1 Q MAX Q 2
15 Profit Maximization for the Competitive Firm Profit maximization occurs at the quantity where marginal revenue equals marginal cost.
16 Profit Maximization for the Competitive Firm When MR > MC increase Q When MR < MC decrease Q When MR = MC Profit is maximized.
17 Copyright 21 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved The Marginal-Cost Curve and the Firm s Supply Decision... Costs and Revenue This section of the firm s MC curve is also the firm s supply curve. MC P 2 P 1 ATC AVC Q 1 Q 2
18 The Firm s Short-Run Decision to Shut Down A shutdown refers to a short-run decision not to produce anything during a specific period of time because of current market conditions. Exit refers to a long-run decision to leave the market.
19 The Firm s Short-Run Decision to Shut Down The firm considers its sunk costs when deciding to exit, but ignores them when deciding whether to shut down. Sunk costs are costs that have already been committed and cannot be recovered.
20 The Firm s Short-Run Decision to Shut Down The firm shuts down if the revenue it gets from producing is less than the variable cost of production. Shut down if TR < VC Shut down if TR/Q < VC/Q Shut down if P < AVC
21 The Firm s Short-Run Decision to Shut Down... Costs If P > AVC, keep producing in the short run. If P > ATC, keep producing at a profit. Firm s short-run supply curve. MC ATC AVC If P < AVC, shut down.
22 The Firm s Short-Run Decision to Shut Down The portion of the marginal-cost curve that lies above average variable cost is the competitive firm s short-run supply curve.
23 The Firm s Long-Run Decision to Exit or Enter a Market In the long-run, the firm exits if the revenue it would get from producing is less than its total cost. Exit if TR < TC Exit if TR/Q < TC/Q Exit if P < ATC
24 The Firm s Long-Run Decision to Exit or Enter a Market A firm will enter the industry if such an action would be profitable. Enter if TR > TC Enter if TR/Q > TC/Q Enter if P > ATC
25 The Competitive Firm s Long- Run Supply Curve... Firm exits if P < ATC Costs Firm enters if P > ATC MC = Long-run S ATC AVC
26 The Competitive Firm s Long- Run Supply Curve The competitive firm s long-run supply curve is the portion of its marginal-cost curve that lies above average total cost.
27 The Competitive Firm s Long- Run Supply Curve... Costs Firm s long-run supply curve MC ATC AVC
28 The Firm s Short-Run and Long-Run Supply Curves Short-Run Supply Curve The portion of its marginal cost curve that lies above average variable cost. Long-Run Supply Curve The marginal cost curve above the minimum point of its average total cost curve.
29 Measuring Profit in the Graph for the Competitive Firm... Price a. A Firm with Profits P ATC Profit MC ATC P = AR = MR Q Profit-maximizing quantity
30 Measuring Profit in the Graph for the Competitive Firm... Price b. A Firm with Losses MC ATC ATC P P = AR = MR Loss Q Loss-minimizing quantity
31 Supply in a Competitive Market Market supply equals the sum of the quantities supplied by the individual firms in the market.
32 The Short Run: Market Supply with a Fixed Number of Firms For any given price, each firm supplies a quantity of output so that its marginal cost equals price. The market supply curve reflects the individual firms marginal cost curves.
33 The Short Run: Market Supply with a Fixed Number of Firms... (a) Individual Firm Supply (b) Market Supply Price Price MC Supply $2. $ (firm) 1, 2, (market)
34 The Long Run: Market Supply with Entry and Exit Firms will enter or exit the market until profit is driven to zero. In the long run, price equals the minimum of average total cost. The long-run market supply curve is horizontal at this price.
35 The Long Run: Market Supply with Entry and Exit... (a) Firm s Zero-Profit Condition (b) Market Supply Price Price MC P = minimum ATC ATC Supply (firm) (market)
36 The Long Run: Market Supply with Entry and Exit At the end of the process of entry and exit, firms that remain must be making zero economic profit. The process of entry & exit ends only when price and average total cost are driven to equality. Long-run equilibrium must have firms operating at their efficient scale.
37 Firms Stay in Business with Zero Profit Profit equals total revenue minus total cost. Total cost includes all the opportunity costs of the firm. In the zero-profit equilibrium, the firm s revenue compensates the owners for the time and money they expend to keep the business going.
38 Increase in Demand in the Short Run An increase in demand raises price and quantity in the short run. Firms earn profits because price now exceeds average total cost.
39 Increase in Demand in the Short Run... (a) Initial Condition Price Firm Price Market MC ATC S 1 P 1 P P 1 A Long-run supply D 1 (firm) Q 1 (market)
40 Increase in Demand in the Short Run... (b) Short-Run Response Price Firm Price Market Profit MC ATC B S 1 P 2 P 2 P 1 P 1 A Long-run supply D 1 D 2 (firm) Q 1 Q 2 (market)
41 Increase in Demand in the Short Run... (c) Long-Run Response Price Firm Price Market P 1 MC ATC S 1 S B 2 P 2 A C P Long-run 1 supply D 1 D 2 (firm) Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 (market)
42 Why the Long-Run Supply Curve Might Slope Upward Some resources used in production may be available only in limited quantities. Firms may have different costs.
43 Marginal Firm The marginal firm is the firm that would exit the market if the price were any lower.
44 Summary Because a competitive firm is a price taker, its revenue is proportional to the amount of output it produces. The price of the good equals both the firm s average revenue and its marginal revenue.
45 Summary To maximize profit a firm chooses the quantity of output such that marginal revenue equals marginal cost. This is also the quantity at which price equals marginal cost. Therefore, the firm s marginal cost curve is its supply curve.
46 Summary In the short run when a firm cannot recover its fixed costs, the firm will choose to shut down temporarily if the price of the good is less than average variable cost. In the long run when the firm can recover both fixed and variable costs, it will choose to exit if the price is less than average total cost.
47 Summary In a market with free entry and exit, profits are driven to zero in the long run and all firms produce at the efficient scale. Changes in demand have different effects over different time horizons.
48 Graphical Review
49 Harcourt, Inc. items and derived items copyright 21 by Harcourt, Inc. Profit Maximization for the Competitive Firm... Costs and Revenue MC 2 P=MR 1 The firm maximizes profit by producing the quantity at which marginal cost equals marginal revenue. MC ATC P = AR = MR AVC MC 1 Q 1 Q MAX Q 2
50 Harcourt, Inc. items and derived items copyright 21 by Harcourt, Inc. The Marginal-Cost Curve and the Firm s Supply Decision... Costs and Revenue This section of the firm s MC curve is also the firm s supply curve. MC P 2 P 1 ATC AVC Q 1 Q 2
51 The Firm s Short-Run Decision to Shut Down... Costs If P > AVC, keep producing in the short run. If P > ATC, keep producing at a profit. Firm s short-run supply curve. MC ATC AVC If P < AVC, shut down.
52 The Competitive Firm s Long- Run Supply Curve... Firm exits if P < ATC Costs Firm enters if P > ATC MC = Long-run S ATC AVC
53 The Competitive Firm s Long- Run Supply Curve... Costs Firm s long-run supply curve MC ATC AVC
54 Measuring Profit in the Graph for the Competitive Firm... Price a. A Firm with Profits P ATC Profit MC ATC P = AR = MR Q Profit-maximizing quantity
55 Measuring Profit in the Graph for the Competitive Firm... Price b. A Firm with Losses MC ATC ATC P P = AR = MR Loss Q Loss-minimizing quantity
56 The Short Run: Market Supply with a Fixed Number of Firms... (a) Individual Firm Supply (b) Market Supply Price Price MC Supply $2. $ (firm) 1, 2, (market)
57 The Long Run: Market Supply with Entry and Exit... (a) Firm s Zero-Profit Condition (b) Market Supply Price Price MC P = minimum ATC ATC Supply (firm) (market)
58 Increase in Demand in the Short Run... (a) Initial Condition Price Firm Price Market MC ATC S 1 P 1 P P 1 A Long-run supply D 1 (firm) Q 1 (market)
59 Increase in Demand in the Short Run... (b) Short-Run Response Firm Market Price Price Profit MC ATC B S 1 P 2 P 2 P 1 P 1 A Long-run supply D 1 D 2 (firm) Q 1 Q 2 (market)
60 Increase in Demand in the Short Run... (c) Long-Run Response Price Firm Price Market P 1 MC ATC S 1 S B 2 P 2 A C P Long-run 1 supply D 1 D 2 (firm) Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 (market)
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