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Chapter 23: Competitive Markets Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. McGraw-Hill/Irwin 13e

23-2 Competitive Markets If an industry is profitable, it lures in new firms and existing firms expand. Supply shifts right. This causes price to fall and profits to decline. – Some firms, both old and new, fail and close.

23-3 Learning Objectives Know the market characteristics of perfect competition Know how prices are established in competitive markets Know why long-run economic profits approach zero in competitive markets Know how society benefits from market competition.

23-4 The Market Supply Curve Each firm’s supply curve is its marginal cost (MC) curve. The market supply curve, then, is the sum of the MC curves of all the firms. It is determined by – The price of factor inputs. – Technology. – Expectations. – Taxes and subsidies. – The number of firms in the industry.

23-5 Entry and Exit It is easy to enter or exit an industry in perfect competition. – If more firms enter (lured in by economic profits), the market supply curve shifts right and price falls. – As price falls, economic profits decrease and approach zero. Entry will cease. Some firms could be making losses by this time. Many will cut back output or exit. If so, the supply curve shifts back to the left and the price rises.

23-6 Market Entry

23-7 Market Stabilization Economic profits draw in new firms. – Supply shifts right and prices fall. – Economic profits decrease, halting new entries. – The market stabilizes at a lower price, more producers, and zero economic profits. Economic losses drive out firms. – Supply shifts left and prices rise. – Economic losses decrease, halting new exits. – The market stabilizes at a higher price, fewer producers, and zero economic profits.

23-8 Market Characteristics of Perfect Competition Many firms, all small relative to the industry. Perfect information. Identical products. Profit maximized at MC = P (= MR). Low barriers to entry and exit. Zero economic profit.

23-9 Competition at Work Few, if any, product markets are perfectly competitive, but many function that way. The existence of economic profits in a low entry barrier market lures in new firms, which lowers the price of the product. – Firms compete by improving product quality and lowering costs. – Those who cannot compete this way leave the industry. Others flourish and expand.

23-10 Competition at Work Each firm, old and new, in the industry, in the short run, maximizes profits by setting an output where MC = P (=MR). – As price falls, squeezing profit, each firm must Reset its profit-maximizing quantity to a smaller amount. Compare P to ATC to see if it is making a loss. Compare P to AVC to see if it should shut down (exit the industry). – Those who are still profitable expand; others leave the industry.

23-11 Profit Squeeze

23-12 Profit Squeeze

23-13 Short- vs. Long-Run Equilibrium

23-14 Rules for Entry and Exit If P > ATC, economic profits exist. – Enter the industry or expand capacity. If P < ATC, economic losses exist. – Reduce capacity (or exit if P < AVC). If P = ATC, economic profits are zero. – Maintain existing capacity (no entry or exit).

23-15 Lower Costs: Improve Profits and Stimulate Output If a firm lowers its costs of production, it will encourage increases in output. The cost curves fall, and MC appears to shift right. Profit maximization occurs at point J before and point N after the reduced costs take effect.

23-16 Shutdown If competition drives price below AVC for a firm, it will shut down and exit the industry. – If the exiting firm has inventory, it will dump that inventory on the market at a reduced price. – This will cause the industry price to drop further, possibly causing losses for other industry firms.

23-17 The Competitive Process Competitive forces drive the product’s price down, making it more affordable to more consumers. Thus the market expands. Also, competitive forces spur firms to improve quality, add features, and look for lower costs. This is the market mechanism at work. – Market mechanism: the use of market prices and sales to signal desired outputs (or resource allocations).

23-18 The Competitive Process If economic profits are high, consumers are willing to pay more than the opportunity cost of resources to acquire a product. – It signals they want more of that industry’s goods. – Profit-seeking producers respond by producing more to satisfy consumer demand. – This is allocative efficiency: the industry will end up producing the right output mix.

23-19 The Competitive Process If economic profits are negative (losses), consumers are unwilling to pay the opportunity cost of resources to acquire a product. – It signals they want fewer of that industry’s goods. – Profit-seeking producers respond by producing less to satisfy a waning consumer demand. – This is also allocative efficiency: the industry will end up producing the right output mix.

23-20 Zero Economic Profit Competition drives costs to minimum ATC, and economic profits to zero. – The HOW question is answered: produce at maximum efficiency. Firms earn zero economic profit. However, this means they are earning normal profit, which covers the opportunity cost of owners who could deploy their resources elsewhere.

23-21 Relentless Profit Squeeze High price and profits signal consumers’ demand for more output. Economic profit attracts new suppliers. The market supply curve shifts right, and the price falls. The market stabilizes at higher output, lower price, minimum ATC, and economic profit at zero. All this time, producers must improve their product and innovate technologically to remain competitive.

23-22 Summary of Competitive Process