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Firm Supply

Firm Supply. Molly W. Dahl Georgetown University Econ 101 – Spring 2008. Market Environments. Perfect Competition Many buyers & sellers A firm in a perfectly competitive market knows it has no influence over the market price for its product. The firm is a market price-taker .

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Firm Supply

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  1. Firm Supply Molly W. Dahl Georgetown University Econ 101 – Spring 2008

  2. Market Environments • Perfect Competition • Many buyers & sellers • A firm in a perfectly competitive market knows it has no influence over the market price for its product. The firm is a marketprice-taker.

  3. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision • Each firm is a profit-maximizer and in a short-run. • Q: How does each firm choose its output level?

  4. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision • Each firm is a profit-maximizer and in a short-run. • Q: How does each firm choose its output level? • A: By solving

  5. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision For the interior case of ys* > 0, the first-order maximum profit condition is That is, So at a profit maximum with ys* > 0, themarket price p equals the marginalcost of production at y = ys*.

  6. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision For the interior case of ys* > 0, the second-order maximum profit condition is That is, So at a profit maximum with ys* > 0, thefirm’s MC curve must be upward-sloping.

  7. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision At y = ys*, p = MC and MCslopes upwards. y = ys* is profit-maximizing. $/output unit pe MCs(y) y’ ys* y At y = y’, p = MC and MC slopes downwards.y = y’ is profit-minimizing.

  8. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision At y = ys*, p = MC and MCslopes upwards. y = ys* is profit-maximizing. So a profit-max. supply level can lie only on the upwards sloping part of the firm’s MC curve. $/output unit pe MCs(y) y’ ys* y

  9. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision • But not every point on the upward-sloping part of the firm’s MC curve represents a profit-maximum.

  10. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision • But not every point on the upward-sloping part of the firm’s MC curve represents a profit-maximum. • The firm’s profit function is • If the firm chooses y = 0 then its profit is

  11. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision • So the firm will choose an output level y > 0 only if

  12. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision • So the firm will choose an output level y > 0 only if • I.e., only ifEquivalently, only if

  13. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision $/output unit MCs(y) ACs(y) AVCs(y) y

  14. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision $/output unit MCs(y) ACs(y) AVCs(y) y

  15. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision p > AVCs(y) $/output unit MCs(y) ACs(y) AVCs(y) y

  16. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision p > AVCs(y) ys* > 0. $/output unit MCs(y) ACs(y) AVCs(y) y

  17. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision p > AVCs(y) ys* > 0. $/output unit MCs(y) ACs(y) AVCs(y) y p < AVCs(y) ys* = 0.

  18. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision p > AVCs(y) ys* > 0. $/output unit MCs(y) ACs(y) AVCs(y) The firm’s short-runsupply curve y p < AVCs(y) ys* = 0.

  19. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision $/output unit Shutdown point MCs(y) ACs(y) AVCs(y) The firm’s short-runsupply curve y

  20. The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Decision • Shut-down is not the same as exit. • Shutting-down means producing no output (but the firm is still in the industry and suffers its fixed cost). • Exiting means leaving the industry, which the firm can do only in the long-run.

  21. In Class • Producer’s Surplus Revisited • The Firm’s Long-Run Supply Decision

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