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Chapter Twenty-Three. Industry Supply 行业供给. Supply From A Competitive Industry. How are the supply decisions of the many individual firms in a competitive industry to be combined to discover the market supply curve for the entire industry?. Supply From A Competitive Industry. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter Twenty-Three
Industry Supply行业供给
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Supply From A Competitive Industry
How are the supply decisions of the many individual firms in a competitive industry to be combined to discover the market supply curve for the entire industry?
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Supply From A Competitive Industry
Since every firm in the industry is a price-taker, total quantity supplied at a given price is the sum of quantities supplied at that price by the individual firms.
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Short-Run Supply
In a short-run the number of firms in the industry is, temporarily, fixed.
Let n be the number of firms;i = 1, … ,n.
Si(p) is firm i’s supply function. The industry’s short-run supply function
is
S p S pii
n( ) ( ).
1
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Supply From A Competitive Industry
p
S1(p)
p
S2(p)
Firm 1’s Supply Firm 2’s Supply
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Supply From A Competitive Industry
p
S1(p)
p
S2(p)p
p’
p’
S1(p’)
S1(p’)
Firm 1’s Supply Firm 2’s Supply
S(p) = S1(p) + S2(p)Industry’s Supply
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Supply From A Competitive Industry
p
S1(p)
p
S2(p)p
S(p) = S1(p) + S2(p)
p”
p”
S1(p”)
S1(p”)+S2(p”)
S2(p”)
Firm 1’s Supply Firm 2’s Supply
Industry’s Supply
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Supply From A Competitive Industry
p
S1(p)
p
S2(p)p
Firm 1’s Supply Firm 2’s Supply
S(p) = S1(p) + S2(p)Industry’s Supply
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Short-Run Industry Equilibrium
In a short-run, neither entry (进入) nor exit (退出) can occur.
Consequently, in a short-run equilibrium, some firms may earn positive economics profits, others may suffer economic losses, and still others may earn zero economic profit.
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Short-Run Industry Equilibrium
Market demand
Short-run industrysupply
pse
Yse Y
Short-run equilibrium price clears the market(市场出清) and is taken as given by each firm.
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Short-Run Industry Equilibrium
y1 y2 y3
ACs
ACs ACs
MCs
MCs
MCs
y1* y2
* y3*
pse
Firm 1 Firm 2 Firm 3
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Short-Run Industry Equilibrium
y1 y2 y3
ACs
ACs ACs
MCs
MCs
MCs
y1* y2
* y3*
pse
Firm 1 Firm 2 Firm 3
> 0 < 0 = 0
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Short-Run Industry Equilibrium
y1 y2 y3
ACs
ACs ACs
MCs
MCs
MCs
y1* y2
* y3*
pse
Firm 1 Firm 2 Firm 3
Firm 1 wishesto remain inthe industry.
Firm 2 wishesto exit fromthe industry.
Firm 3 isindifferent.
> 0 < 0 = 0
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Long-Run Industry Supply
In the long-run every firm now in the industry is free to exit and firms now outside the industry are free to enter.
The industry’s long-run supply function must account for entry and exit as well as for the supply choices of firms that choose to be in the industry.
How is this done?
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Long-Run Industry Supply
Positive economic profit induces entry. Economic profit is positive when the
market price pse is higher than a firm’s
minimum av. total cost; ps
e > min AC(y). Entry increases industry supply,
causing pse to fall.
When does entry cease?
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
YSuppose the industry initially containsonly two firms.
Mkt.Supply
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p2 p2
Then the market-clearing price is p2.
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p2 p2
y2*
Then the market-clearing price is p2.Each firm produces y2* units of output.
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p2 p2
y2*
> 0
Each firm makes a positive economicprofit, inducing entry by another firm.
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p2 p2
Market supply shifts outwards.y2*
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p2 p2
Market supply shifts outwards.Market price falls.
y2*
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p3
Each firm produces less.y3*
p3
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p3
Each firm produces less.Each firm’s economic profit is reduced.
y3*
p3 > 0
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p3
Each firm’s economic profit is positive.Will another firm enter?
y3*
p3 > 0
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S4(p)S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p3
Market supply would shift outwards again.y3*
p3
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S4(p)S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p3
Market supply would shift outwards again.Market price would fall again.
y3*
p3
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S4(p)S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p4
Each firm would produce less again.y4*
p4
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S4(p)S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p4
Each firm would produce less again. Eachfirm’s economic profit would be negative.
y4*
< 0p4
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S4(p)S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p4
Each firm would produce less again. Eachfirm’s economic profit would be negative.So the fourth firm would not enter.
y4*
< 0p4
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Long-Run Industry Supply
The long-run number of firms in the industry is the largest number for which the market price is at least as large as min AC(y).
Now we can construct the industry’s long-run supply curve.
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Long-Run Industry Supply
Suppose that market demand is large enough to sustain only two firms in the industry.
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p2’
y2*
p2’
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Long-Run Industry Supply
Suppose that market demand is large enough to sustain only two firms in the industry.
Then market demand increases, the market price rises, each firm produces more, and earns a higher economic profit.
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p2’
y2*
p2’
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p2”
y2*
p2”
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y y2*
p2” p2”
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y y2*
Notice that a 3rd firm will not enter since itwould earn negative economic profits.
p2” p2”
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Long-Run Industry Supply
As market demand increases further, the market price rises further, the two incumbent firms each produce more and earn still higher economic profits -- until a 3rd firm becomes indifferent between entering and staying out.
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y y2*
p2” p2”
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y y2*
p2’” p2’”
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y y2*
A third firm can now enter, causing all firmsto earn zero economic profits.
p2’” p2’”
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Long-Run Industry Supply
So any further increase in market demand will cause the number of firms in the industry to rise to three.
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S2(p)
S3(p)
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y y2*
The only relevant part of the short-runsupply curve for n = 2 firms in the industry.
p2’” p2’”
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Long-Run Industry Supply
How much further can market demand increase before a fourth firm enters the industry?
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Long-Run Industry Supply
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p3’
y3*
S3(p)S4(p)
p3’
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Long-Run Industry Supply
Mkt. DemandAC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y
p3’
y3*
A 4th firm would now earn negativeeconomic profits if it entered the industry.
p3’
S3(p)S4(p)
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S3(p)
Mkt. Demand
AC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y y3*
S4(p)
But now a 4th firm would earn zeroeconomic profit if it entered the industry.
p3’ p3’
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Long-Run Industry Supply
S3(p)
Mkt. Demand
AC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe Marketp p
Y y3*
S4(p)p3’ p3’
The only relevant part of the short-runsupply curve for n = 3 firms in the industry.
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Long-Run Industry Supply
Continuing in this manner builds the industry’s long-run supply curve, one section at-a-time from successive short-run industry supply curves.
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Long-Run Industry Supply
AC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe MarketLong-RunSupply Curve
p p
Y y3*
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Long-Run Industry Supply
AC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe MarketLong-RunSupply Curve
p p
Y y3*
Notice that the bottom of each segment ofthe supply curve is min AC(y).
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Long-Run Industry Supply As each firm gets “smaller” relative to
the industry, the long-run industry supply curve approaches a horizontal line at the height of min AC(y).
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Long-Run Industry Supply
AC(y)MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe MarketLong-RunSupply Curve
p p
Y y3*
Notice that the bottom of each segment ofthe supply curve is min AC(y).
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Long-Run Industry Supply
AC(y)
MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe MarketLong-RunSupply Curve
p p
Y y*
The bottom of each segment of the supplycurve is min AC(y). As firms get “smaller”the segments get shorter.
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Long-Run Industry Supply
AC(y)
MC(y)
y
A “Typical” FirmThe MarketLong-RunSupply Curve
p p
Y y*
In the limit, as firms become infinitesimallysmall, the industry’s long-run supplycurve is horizontal at min AC(y).
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Long-Run Market Equilibrium Price
In the long-run market equilibrium, the market price is determined solely by the long-run minimum average production cost. Long-run market price is
p AC ye
y
min ( ).0
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Implications
Economic profit=0 All factors are priced at market values,
or opp. costs. Like a firm with constant returns to
scale in the long run.
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Long-Run Implications for Taxation
In a short-run equilibrium, the burden of a sales or an excise tax is typically shared by both buyers and sellers, tax incidence of the tax depending upon the own-price elasticities of demand and supply.
Q: Is this true in a long-run market equilibrium?
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Tax Incidence in the Short-Run
p
D(p), S(p)
Marketdemand
Marketsupply
p*
q*
pbpb
qt
pb
ps
Tax paid by buyers
Tax paid by sellers
Tax incidence = p p
p pb
s
*
*.
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Long-Run Implications for Taxation
LR supply (no tax)
p
X,Y
Mkt. demand
Qe
pe
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Long-Run Implications for Taxation
LR supply (no tax)
p
X,Y
Mkt. demand
Qe
ps=pe
LR supply (with tax)
Qt
pb = pe+t
t
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Long-Run Implications for Taxation
LR supply (no tax)
p
X,Y
Mkt. demand
Qe
ps=pe
LR supply (with tax)
Qt
pb = pe+t
t
In the long-run thebuyers pay all of asales or an excise tax.
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Fixed Inputs and Economic Rent
What if there is a barriers to entry or exit?
E.g., the taxi-cab industry has a barrier to entry even though there are lots of cabs competing with each other.
Liquor licensing is a barrier to entry into a competitive industry.
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Sources of Barriers to Entry
Nature Land Oil field Entrepreneurial skills Talent
Regulation License Land use regulations
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Fixed Inputs and Economic Rent
Q: When there is a barrier to entry, will not the firms already in the industry make positive economic profits?
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Fixed Inputs and Economic Rent
Q: When there is a barrier to entry, will not the firms already in the industry make positive economic profits?
A: No. Each firm in the industry makes a zero economic profit. Why?
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Fixed Inputs and Economic Rent
An input (e.g. an operating license) that is fixed in the long-run causes a long-run fixed cost, F.
Long-run total cost, c(y) = F + cv(y). And long-run average total cost,
AC(y) = AFC(y) + AVC(y). In the long-run equilibrium, what will
be the value of F?
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Fixed Inputs and Economic Rent
Think of a firm that needs an operating license -- the license is a fixed input that is rented but not owned by the firm.
If the firm makes a positive economic profit then another firm can offer the license owner a higher price for it. In this way, all firms’ economic profits are competed away, to zero.
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Fixed Inputs and Economic Rent
So in the long-run equilibrium, each firm makes a zero economic profit
and each firm’s fixed cost is its payment for its operating license.
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Fixed Inputs and Economic Rent
y
$/output unit
AC(y)AVC(y)MC(y)
y*
pe
The firm’s economicprofit is zero.
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Fixed Inputs and Economic Rent
y
$/output unit
AC(y)AVC(y)MC(y)
y*
pe
F The firm’s economicprofit is zero.
F is the payment to the owner of the fixedinput (the license).
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Fixed Inputs and Economic Rent
Economic rent is the payment for an input that is in excess of the minimum payment required to have that input supplied.
Each license essentially costs zero to supply, so the long-run economic rent paid to the license owner is the firm’s long-run fixed cost.
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Fixed Inputs and Economic Rent
y
$/output unit
AC(y)AVC(y)MC(y)
y*
pe
F The firm’s economicprofit is zero.
F is the payment to the owner of the fixedinput (the license); F = economic rent.
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Beneficiaries of Entry Barriers
Owners of the fixed factor Taxi-license owners
When market price for product increases Accounting profit rises Labor costs unchanged because labor
market is competitive Rent increases.
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Structure
Market supply Short-run supply and equilibrium Long-run supply and equilibrium Long-run implications for taxation Fixed inputs and economic rent ( 经济租
金 )