From the schedule provided below calculate the total revenue, demand curve and the price elasticity of demand:
Quantity |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
Marginal Revenue |
10 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
Quantity |
MR |
TR |
AR=TR/Q |
Price elasticity of demand |
1 |
10 |
10 |
10/1 = 10 |
- |
2 |
6 |
10 + 6 = 16 |
16/2 = 8 |
½ * 10/1 = 5 |
3 |
2 |
16 + 2 = 18 |
18/3 = 6 |
½ * 8/2 = 2 |
4 |
2 |
18 + 2 = 20 |
20/4 = 5 |
1/1 * 6/3 = 2 |
5 |
2 |
20 + 2 = 22 |
22/5 = 4.4 |
1/0.5 * 5/4 = 2.5 |
6 |
0 |
22 + 0 = 22 |
22/6 = 3.6 |
1/0.9 * 4.5/5 = 1 |
7 |
0 |
22 + 0 = 22 |
22/7 = 3.1 |
1/0.5 * 3.6/6 = 1.2 |
8 |
0 |
22 + 0 =22 |
22/8 = 2.7 |
1/0.4 * 3.1/7 = 11 |
9 |
-5 |
22 + (-5) = 17 |
17/9 = 1.9 |
1/0.8 * 2.7/9 = 0.38 |
Demand Curve: To determine the demand curve, we must first determine the pricing for each unit of quantity. This can be accomplished by multiplying the total revenue values by the quantity. The following are the price ranges:
Quantity |
Marginal revenue |
Total revenue |
Price |
1 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
2 |
6 |
16 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
18 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
20 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
22 |
4.4 |
6 |
2 |
22 |
4.4 |
7 |
0 |
22 |
3.66 |
8 |
0 |
22 |
3.14 |
9 |
0 |
22 |
2.75 |
10 |
-5 |
17 |
1.88 |
List the three different ways in which oligopoly firms may have.
Will the monopolist firm continue to produce in the short run if a loss is incurred at the best short run level of output?
A monopoly firm has a total fixed cost of Rs 100 and has the following demand schedule:
Quantity |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Marginal Revenue |
100 |
90 |
80 |
70 |
60 |
50 |
40 |
30 |
20 |
10 |
Find the short run equilibrium quantity, price and total profit. What would be the equilibrium in the long run? In case the total cost is Rs.1000, describe the equilibrium in the short run and in the long run.
If duo poly behavior is one that is described by Cornet, the market demand curve is given by the equation q = 200 - 4p and both the firms have zero costs, find the quantity supplied by each firm in equilibrium and the equilibrium market price.
Comment on the shape of MR curve in case when TR curve is a
(a) Positively sloped straight line
(b) Horizontal straight line
What is meant by prices being rigid? How can oligopoly behavior lead to such an outcome?
What would be the shape of the demand curve so that the total revenue curve is?
(a) A positively sloped straight line passing through the origin?
(b) A horizontal line?
If the monopolist firm of Exercise 3 was a public sector firm. The government set a rule for its manager to accept the government fixed price as given (i.e. to be a price taker and therefore behave as a firm in a perfectly competitive market). And the government has decided to set the price so that demand and supply in the market are equal. What would be the equilibrium price, quantity and profit in this case?
The market demand curve for a commodity and the total cost for a monopoly firm producing the commodity are given in the schedules below.
Quantity |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Price |
52 |
44 |
37 |
31 |
26 |
22 |
19 |
16 |
13 |
Quantity |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Price |
10 |
60 |
90 |
100 |
102 |
105 |
109 |
115 |
125 |
Use the information given to calculate the following:
(a) The MIR and MC schedules
(b) The quantities for which MIR and MC are equal
(c) The equilibrium quantity of output and the equilibrium price of the commodity
(d) The total revenue, total cost and total profit in the equilibrium
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