What is the relation between market price and marginal revenue of a price-taking firm?
Marginal revenue is defined as the change in the total revenue that occurs due to the sale of one more unit of output. It is calculated as
MRn= TRn – TRn-1
Where
MRn = Marginal revenue due to nth unit of output
TRn = Total revenue due to n units of output
TRn-1 = Total revenue due to n units of output
TRn-1 = Total revenue due to (n-1) units of output
Suppose that the market price is P
MRn = TRn - TRn-1
= PQn – P (Qn – 1)
MR = PQn – PQn+P
MR = P
Thus for a perfect competitive firm marginal revenue is equal to the market price per unit of output.
What is the supply curve of a firm in the long run?
The market price of a good changes from Rs 5 to Rs 20. As a result, the quantity supplied by a firm increases by 15 units. The price elasticity of the firm’s supply curve is 0.5. Find the initial and final output levels of the firm.
A firm earns a revenue of Rs 50 when the market price of a good is Rs 10. The market price increases to Rs 15 and the firm now earns a revenue of Rs 150. What is the price elasticity of the firm’s supply curve?
How does the imposition of a unit tax affect the supply curve of a firm?
What is the relation between market price and average revenue of a price-taking firm?
How does an increase in the number of firms in a market affect the market supply curve?
How does an increase in the price of an input affect the supply curve of a firm?
How does technological progress affect the supply curve of a firm?
Will a profit-maximising firm in a competitive market ever produce a positive level of output in the range where the marginal cost is falling? Give an explanation.
Will a profit-maximising firm in a competitive market produce a positive level of output in the short run if the market price is less than the minimum of AVC? Give an explanation.
Explain the concept of a production function
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?
Explain market equilibrium.
Discuss the central problems of an economy.
What do you mean by the budget set of a consumer?
What is the total product of input?
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 |
- |
When do we say that there is an excess demand for a commodity in the market?
What do you mean by the production possibilities of an economy?
What is budget line?
How does the budget line change if the consumer’s income increases to Rs 40 but the prices remain unchanged?
What do you mean by substitutes? Give examples of two goods which are substitutes of each other.
Find out the maximum possible output for a firm with zero units of L and 10 units of K when its production function is Q = 5L = 2K.
How is the equilibrium number of firms determined in a market where entry and exit is permitted?
How is the wage rate determined in a perfectly competitive labor market?
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.
What is the average product of an input?
How are equilibrium price and quantity affected when income of the consumers
a) Increase
b) Decrease
At which point does the SMC curve intersect the SAC curve? Give a reason in support of your answer.
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 |
- |