1 DR. PETROS KOSMAS LECTURER VARNA FREE UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC YEAR 2010 - 2011 LECTURE 5 MICROECONOMICS ECO-1067.

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1 DR. PETROS KOSMAS LECTURER VARNA FREE UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC YEAR LECTURE 5 MICROECONOMICS ECO-1067

2 Firms in Competitive Markets A.The Meaning of Competition 1.Competitive Market: a market with many buyers and sellers trading identical products so that each buyer and seller is a price taker. 2.There are three characteristics of a [perfectly] competitive market a.There are many buyers and sellers. b.Goods offered by the sellers are largely the same. c.Firms can freely enter or exit the market.

3 Firms in Competitive Markets B.The Revenue of a Competitive Firm 1.Total Revenue: Price times Quantity. TR = P x Q 2.Average Revenue: Total Revenue divided by Quantity sold. AR = TR / Q 3.Marginal Revenue: Change in Total Revenue from additional unit sold. MR =  TR /  Q

4 Profit Maximization Vaca Family Dairy Farm 1.Profit is maximized if the farm produces 4 or 5 gallons of milk (see Profit column). 2.Profit-Maximizing quantity occurs when marginal revenue = marginal cost. a.If MR exceeds MC, increasing output will increase profit b.If MR is less than MC, firm will increase profit by decreasing output. c.Profit-maximization occurs where MR is equal to MC.

5 Profit Maximization and Competitive Firm's Supply Curve B.The Marginal-Cost Curve and the Firm's Supply Decision 1.Cost curves have special features that are important for our analysis. a.The marginal-cost curve is upward sloping. b.The average-total-cost curve is U-shaped. c.The marginal-cost curve crosses the average-total-cost curve at the minimum of average total cost. 2.Marginal and average revenue can be shown by a horizontal line at the market price 3.To find the profit-maximizing level of output, we can follow the same rules that we discussed above.

6 Profit Maximization a.If MR is greater than MC, the firm should increase its output. –MR 1 > MC 1 b.If MC is greater than MR, the firm should decrease its output. –MR 2 < MC 2 c.IF MR = MC, then firm is at profit-maximizing level of output 4.These rules apply to competitive firms, and firms with market power.

7 Profit Maximization 4.If market price changes, the firm would set its new level of output by equating marginal revenue and marginal cost.

8 Decision to Shut-Down, Enter or Exit A.The Firm's Short-Run Decision to Shut Down 1.In certain circumstances, a firm will decide to shut down and produce zero output. 2.There is a difference between a temporary shutdown and an exit from the market. a.A shutdown refers to a short-run decision not to produce anything during a specific period of time because of current market conditions. b.Exit refers to a long-run decision to leave the market. c.If a firm shuts down temporarily, it still must pay fixed costs. d.If a firm exits the industry in the long run, it has no costs.

9 Decision to Shut-Down, Enter or Exit 3.If a firm shuts down, it will earn no revenue and will have only fixed costs 4.A firm will shut down if sales revenue less than its variable costs of production: Shut down if TR < VC. 5. Because TR = P x Q and VC = AVC x Q, we can rewrite this condition as: Shut down if P < AVC. 6.We now can tell exactly what the firm will do to maximize profit (or minimize loss). a.If the price is less than average variable cost, the firm will produce no output. b.If the price is above average variable cost, the firm will produce the level of output where marginal revenue (price) is equal to marginal cost

10 Decision to Shut-Down, Enter or Exit If P ≥ AVC, then Firm will set output where MR = MC IF P < AVC, then Firm will Shut-Down – Zero Output 7.Therefore, the competitive firm's short-run supply curve is the portion of its marginal revenue curve that lies above average variable cost.

11 Decision to Shut-Down, Enter or Exit B.The Firm's Long-Run Decision to Exit or Enter a Market 1.If a firm exits the market, it will earn no revenue, but it will have no costs as well. 2.Therefore, a firm will exit if the revenue that it would earn from producing is less than its total costs: Exit if TR < TC. 3.Because TR = P x Q and TC = ATC x Q, we can rewrite this condition as: Exit if P < ATC. 4.A firm will enter an industry when there is profit potential, so this must mean that a firm will enter if revenues will exceed costs: Enter if P > ATC

12 Decision to Shut-Down, Enter or Exit 5.In the long run, a firm will remain in a market only if P ≥ ATC, the firm's long-run supply curve will be that portion of its marginal cost curve above the ATC. If:The Firm Will: P > ATCEnter because economic profits are earned P = ATCNot enter or exit because economic profits are zero P < ATCExit because economic losses are incurred

13 Decision to Shut-Down, Enter or Exit C.Measuring Profit in Our Graph for the Competitive Firm 1.Recall that Profit = TR −TC. 2.Because TR = P x Q and TC = ATC x Q, we can rewrite this equation: Profit = (P – ATC) x Q. 3.Using the Profit equation, we can measure the amount of profit (or loss) at the firm's profit-maximizing level of output (or loss- minimizing level of output)

14 Decision to Shut-Down, Enter or Exit

15 Supply Curve in a Competitive Market A.The Short Run: Market Supply with a Fixed Number of Firms 1.Example: a market with 1,000 identical firms 2.Each firm's short-run supply curve is its MC curve above average variable cost. 3.Market supply curve: add Q supplied by each firm in the market at every given price.

16 Supply Curve in a Competitive Market B.The Long Run: Market Supply with Entry and Exit 1.If firms in an industry are earning profit, this will attract new firms. a.The supply of the product will increase (the supply curve will shift to the right). b.The price of the product will fall and profit will decline. 2.If firms in an industry are incurring losses, firms will exit. a.The supply of the product will decrease (the supply curve will shift to the left). b.The price of the product will rise and losses will decline. 3.At the end of this process of entry or exit, firms that remain in the market must be earning zero economic profit.

17 Supply Curve in a Competitive Market 4.Because Profit = TR –TC, profit will be zero when TR = TC. 5.Because TR = P x Q and TC = ATC x Q, we can rewrite this as: P = ATC. 6.Therefore, the process of entry or exit ends when Price and ATC become equal. 7.This implies that the long-run equilibrium of a competitive market must have firms operating at their efficient scale.

18 Supply Curve in a Competitive Market C.Why Do Competitive Firms Stay in Business If They Make Zero Profit? 1.Profit is equal to total revenue minus total cost. 2.To an economist, total cost includes all of the opportunity costs of the firm. 3.When a firm is earning zero economic profit, the firm's revenues are compensating the firm's owners for their opportunity costs.