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Answer:
b. Firm A engaged in predatory pricing.
Explanation:
Since Firm A and B are the only two companies that sell mail-order DVD rental subscriptions.
Firm A decided to price its subscriptions below average variable cost thereby causing Firm B to also sell subscriptions below average variable cost, but they went bankrupt and exited the market. Firm A then raised prices by 40% and is currently earning large, positive economic profits.
Based on this information only, an argument can be made that Firm A engaged in predatory pricing.
Predatory pricing is a marketing or pricing strategy that involves lowering the cost of goods and services for a short-term, in order to lure competing firms to lower their price, thus causing them to go bankrupt and exiting from the market.
Answer:
A)
Explanation:
Research studies indicate that U.S. producers gain more from tariffs than U.S. consumers lose. This is mostly because many intermediaries must pay various different tariffs including the consumer which all go to the producers, and therefore allowing the producers to gain more from the tariffs that the U.S. consumers will spend paying them.
Answer: They are both right.
Explanation:
Firms in every market will always maximise profit where their Marginal Revenue equals Marginal Cost because at this point, resources are being fully utilized. This is therefore no different in a Perfectly competitive market so Skip is correct.
Peggy is also correct however because in a Perfectly Competitive market, the demand curve is perfectly elastic. This creates a situation where the Price, Marginal Revenue and Average Revenue are all the same and represent the demand curve as well.
With the Price being the same as the Marginal Revenue in a Perfectly competitive firm, that means that where the Price equals Marginal Cost is where the Marginal Revenue equals Marginal Cost as well so indeed perfectly competitive firms maximize profit where price equals marginal cost.
