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4 Market Structures. Candy Markets Simulation. FOUR MARKET STRUCTURES. Pure Monopoly. Perfect Competition. Monopolistic Competition. Oligopoly. Every product is sold in a market that can be considered one of the above market structures. For example: Fast Food Market - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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4 Market Structures
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Candy Markets Simulation
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PerfectCompetition
PureMonopoly
MonopolisticCompetition Oligopoly
FOUR MARKET STRUCTURES
Every product is sold in a market that can be considered one of the above market structures.
For example:1. Fast Food Market2. The Market for Cars3. Market for Operating Systems (Microsoft)4. Strawberry Market5. Cereal Market
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Perfect Competition
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PerfectCompetition
PureMonopoly
MonopolisticCompetition Oligopoly
FOUR MARKET STRUCTURES
Characteristics of Perfect Competition:
• Many small firms• Identical products (perfect substitutes)• Easy for firms to enter and exit the industry• Seller has no need to advertise • Firms are “Price Takers”
The seller has NO control over price.
Examples of Perfect Competition: Avocado farmers, sunglass huts, and hammocks in Mexico
Imperfect Competition
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Law of One Price
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In an efficient market, all identical goods must have only one price.
Result: Each firm is a price taker. Firms have no control of the price
Traffic AnalogyWhen there is heavy traffic,
why do all lanes seem to go the same speed?
Cars leave slower lanes and enter faster lanes.
Similarly, what happens in perfectly competitive markets if firms earn excessive profit?
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Perfectly Competitive FirmsExample:
• Say you go to Mexico to buy a hammock.• After visiting at few different shops you find that
the buyers and sellers always agree on $15.• This is the market price (where demand and
supply meet)1. Is it likely that any shop can sell hammocks for $20?2. Is it likely that any shop will sell hammocks for $10?3. What happens if a shop prices hammocks too high?4. Do you think that these firms make a large profit off
of hammocks? Why? These firms are “price takers” because the sell their
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Demand for Perfectly Competitive Firms
Why are they Price Takers?•If a firm charges above the market price, NO ONE will buy. They will go to other firms•There is no reason to price low because consumers will buy just as much at the market price.
Since the price is the same at all quantities demanded, the demand curve for each firm is…
Perfectly Elastic (A Horizontal straight line)
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P
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Demand
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Industry Firm(price taker)
$15 $15
The Competitive Firm is a Price TakerPrice is set by the Industry
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What is the additional revenue for selling an
additional unit? 1st unit earns $152nd unit earns $15Marginal revenue is constant at $15Notice:
• Total revenue increases at a constant rate
• MR equal Average Revenue
P
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Demand
Firm(price taker)
$15
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MR=D=AR=P
The Competitive Firm is a Price TakerPrice is set by the Industry
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What is the additional revenue for selling an
additional unit? 1st unit earns $152nd unit earns $15Marginal revenue is constant at $15Notice:
• Total revenue increases at a constant rate
• MR equal Average Revenue
P
Q
Demand
Firm(price taker)
$15
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MR=D=AR=P
The Competitive Firm is a Price TakerPrice is set by the Industry
For Perfect Competition:Demand = MR
(Marginal Revenue)
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MaximizingPROFIT!
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Short-Run Profit MaximizationWhat is the goal of every business?
To Maximize Profit!!!!!!•To maximum profit firms must make the right output •Firms should continue to produce until the additional revenue from each new output equals the additional cost.
Example (Assume the price is $10) • Should you produce…
…if the additional cost of another unit is $5…if the additional cost of another unit is $9…if the additional cost of another unit is $11
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Short-Run Profit MaximizationWhat is the goal of every business?
To Maximize Profit!!!!!!•To maximum profit firms must make the right output •Firms should continue to produce until the additional revenue from each new output equals the additional cost.
Example (Assume the price is $10) • Should you produce…
…if the additional cost of another unit is $5…if the additional cost of another unit is $9…if the additional cost of another unit is $11
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Profit Maximizing Rule
MR=MC
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Lets put costs and revenue together on a graph to calculate profit.
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Total Revenue =$63
$9
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MC
AVCATC
•How much output should be produced?•How much is Total Revenue? How much is Total Cost? •Is there profit or loss? How much?
MR=D=AR=P
Total Cost=$45
Profit = $18
Don’t forget that averages
show PER UNIT COSTS
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Suppose the market demand falls. What would happen if the price is lowered from
$7 to $5? The MR=MC rule still applies but now the firm will make an economic loss.
The profit maximizing rule is also the loss minimizing rule!!!
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Total Revenue=$35
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MC
AVC
ATC
•How much output should be produced?•How much is Total Revenue? How much is Total Cost? •Is there profit or loss? How much?
MR=D=AR=P
Total Cost = $42
Loss =$7
$9
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Assume the market demand falls even more. If the price is lowered from $5 to $4
the firm should stop producing.
Shut Down Rule:•A firm should continue to produce as long as the price is above the AVC •When the price falls below AVC then the firm should minimize its losses by shutting down •Why? If the price is below AVC the firm is losing more money by producing than they would have to pay to shut down.
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Co
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AVC
ATC
SHUT DOWN! Produce Zero
$9
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Minimum AVC is shut down
point
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TC=$35
TR=$20
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AVC
ATC
P<AVC. They should shut down Producing nothing is cheaper than staying open.
MR=D=AR=P
Fixed Costs=$10
$9
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Three Characteristics of MR=MC Rule:1. Rule applies to ALL markets
structures (PC, Monopolies, etc.)2. The rule applies only if price is
above AVC 3. Rule can be restated P = MC for
perfectly competitive firms (because MR = P)
Profit Maximizing RuleMR = MC
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Practice
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Should the firm produce?What output should the firm produce?What is TR at that output? What is TC?How much profit or loss?
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MR=D=AR= P
Yes10
TR=$140
Profit=$40 TC=$100
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MR=D=AR=P
AVCATC
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What output should the firm produce?What is TR at MR=MC point?What is TC at MR=MC point?How much profit or loss?
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Loss=Only Fixed Cost $5
Zero Shutdown (Price below AVC)$45
$55#2
25Q
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$40
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What output should the firm produce?What is TR at that output?What is TC?How much profit or loss?
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$120Loss= $30
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