Answer:
A) shut down; losses; $15,600
Explanation:
A perfect competition is characterised by many buyers and sellers of homogenous goods and services. Market prices are set by the forces of demand and supply. There are no barriers to entry or exit of firms into the industry. Firms earn zero economic profit in the long run.
If in the short run, price is less than average variable cost, the firm should shut down. In this question, price ($10) is less than average variable cost ($18). The firm should shut down in the short run.
Profit or loss = Total revenue - Total cost
($10-$23) x 1200 = -$15,600
The firm is earning a loss because average total cost in greater than price.
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Answer:
Equilibrium quantity increases; Equilibrium price is indeterminate.
Explanation:
If a new article reports that there are many benefits of exercise, this will increase the demand for exercise bikes and shifts the demand curve rightwards.
At the same time, there is a fall in the price of parts of exercise bikes which reduces the cost of production of exercise bikes. Now, the producer will be able to produce more exercise bikes, so the supply of exercise bikes increases and shifts the supply curve rightwards.
Therefore, there is an increase in the equilibrium quantity of exercise bikes and the impact on equilibrium price is indeterminate because that will be dependent upon the magnitude of the shift of demand and supply curve.
Answer:
Option (b) is correct.
Explanation:
Before 1966, Catholics were restricted from consuming meat on Fridays and they ate fish on Fridays. But after 1966, there were no such restrictions are there and they are free to eat meat on Fridays, now Catholics also consume meat on Fridays.
This will result in an increase in the demand for meat and demand for fish decreases. So, this will shift the demand curve of fish leftwards and demand curve of meat rightwards.
Answer:
The economy has an unemployment rate higher than the natural rate of unemployment.
Explanation:
Full Employment is when all workers able & willing to work, are employed.
Unemployment is when a person able & willing to do a work , doesn't get work.
However, there is certain 'natural' level of unemployment normalised during efficient running of economy. It involves frictional & structural unemployment. Frictional unemployment is temporary unemployment of people shifting their jobs and Structural unemployment is temporary unemployment due to industrial reorganisation (eg : technological change).
So, Economy being below Full Employment implies that economy has unemployment level above natural rate of unemployment.
