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Perfect Competition Profit Maximizing and Shutting Down

Profit-Maximizing Level of Output The goal of the firm is to maximize profits. Profit is the difference between total revenue and total cost.

Profit-Maximizing Level of Output What happens to profit in response to a change in output is determined by marginal revenue (MR) and marginal cost (MC). A firm maximizes profit when MC = MR.

Profit-Maximizing Level of Output Marginal revenue (MR) – the change in total revenue associated with a change in quantity. Marginal cost (MC) – the change in total cost associated with a change in quantity.

Marginal Revenue A perfect competitor accepts the market price as given. As a result, marginal revenue equals price (MR = P).

Marginal Cost Initially, marginal cost falls and then begins to rise. Marginal concepts are best defined between the numbers.

Profit Maximization: MC = MR To maximize profits, a firm should produce where marginal cost equals marginal revenue.

How to Maximize Profit If marginal revenue does not equal marginal cost, a firm can increase profit by changing output. The supplier will continue to produce as long as marginal cost is less than marginal revenue.

How to Maximize Profit The supplier will cut back on production if marginal cost is greater than marginal revenue. Thus, the profit-maximizing condition of a competitive firm is MC = MR = P.

C A P = D = MR Costs Quantity A B MC Marginal Cost, Marginal Revenue, and Price $ Price = MR Quantity Produced Marginal Cost $ McGraw-Hill/Irwin © 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

The Marginal Cost Curve Is the Supply Curve The marginal cost curve is the firm's supply curve above the point where price exceeds average variable cost.

The Marginal Cost Curve Is the Supply Curve The MC curve tells the competitive firm how much it should produce at a given price. The firm can do no better than produce the quantity at which marginal cost equals marginal revenue which in turn equals price.

The Marginal Cost Curve Is the Firm’s Supply Curve A B C Marginal cost Cost, Price $ Quantity

Firms Maximize Total Profit Firms seek to maximize total profit, not profit per unit. –Firms do not care about profit per unit. –As long as increasing output increases total profits, a profit-maximizing firm should produce more.

Profit Maximization Using Total Revenue and Total Cost Profit is maximized where the vertical distance between total revenue and total cost is greatest. At that output, MR (the slope of the total revenue curve) and MC (the slope of the total cost curve) are equal.

TCTR 0 Total cost, revenue $ Quantity Profit Determination Using Total Cost and Revenue Curves Maximum profit =$81 $130 Loss Profit Profit =$45 McGraw-Hill/Irwin © 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

Total Profit at the Profit- Maximizing Level of Output The P = MR = MC condition tells us how much output a competitive firm should produce to maximize profit. It does not tell us how much profit the firm makes.

Determining Profit and Loss From a Table of Costs Profit can be calculated from a table of costs and revenues. Profit is determined by total revenue minus total cost.

Costs Relevant to a Firm McGraw-Hill/Irwin © 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

Costs Relevant to a Firm McGraw-Hill/Irwin © 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

Determining Profit and Loss From a Graph Find output where MC = MR. –The intersection of MC = MR (P) determines the quantity the firm will produce if it wishes to maximize profits.

Determining Profit and Loss From a Graph Find profit per unit where MC = MR. –Drop a line down from where MC equals MR, and then to the ATC curve. –This is the profit per unit. –Extend a line back to the vertical axis to identify total profit.

Determining Profit and Loss From a Graph The firm makes a profit when the ATC curve is below the MR curve. The firm incurs a loss when the ATC curve is above the MR curve.

Determining Profit and Loss From a Graph Zero profit or loss where MC=MR. –Firms can earn zero profit or even a loss where MC = MR. –Even though economic profit is zero, all resources, including entrepreneurs, are being paid their opportunity costs.

(a) Profit case (b) Zero profit case (c) Loss case Determining Profits Graphically Quantity Price D MC AP = MR B ATC AVC E Profit C MC ATC AVC MC ATC AVC Loss P = MR Price © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2000 Irwin/McGraw-Hill

The Shutdown Point The firm will shut down if it cannot cover average variable costs. –A firm should continue to produce as long as price is greater than average variable cost. –If price falls below that point it makes sense to shut down temporarily and save the variable costs.

The Shutdown Point The shutdown point is the point at which the firm will be better off it it shuts down than it will if it stays in business.

The Shutdown Point If total revenue is more than total variable cost, the firm’s best strategy is to temporarily produce at a loss. It is taking less of a loss than it would by shutting down.

MC P = MR 2468Quantity Price ATC AVC Loss A $17.80 The Shutdown Decision