ec4004 2008 lecture11: costs
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EC4004 Lecture 11
Profit Maximization and Supply
Dr Stephen Kinsella
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Ecs of Scale & Costs
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The Output DecisionEconomic profits (π) are defined as π = R(q) - TC(q) (9.1)
R(q) is the amount of revenues received TC(q) are the economic costs incurred, Depending upon the level of output (q)The firm will choose the level of output that generates the largest level of profit.
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Q*
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Costs (TC)
Revenues (R)
Profits
q1 q2q*
Costs,Revenue
(a)
(b)Profits
0
Outputper week0
Marginal Revenue Must Equal Marginal Cost for Profit Maximization
Outputper week
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At the profit maximizing level of output
Marginal Revenue = Marginal Cost (9.2)
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A price taker: a firm whose decisions regarding buying or selling have no effect on the prevailing market price MR = P.
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A firm that is not a price taker faces a downward sloping demand curve for its product.These firms must reduce their selling price in order to sell more goods or services.In this case marginal revenue is less than market price MR < P. (9.5)
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Price(euros)
Demand
AB
P* = $7
10
CDsper week1 2 3 4 10
q* q**0
Illustration of Marginal Revenue for the Demand Curve for CDs (q = 10 - P)
P* = $6
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Marginal Revenue & Elasticity
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Price elasticity of demand for the market is
• This same concept can be defined for a single firm as
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Inelastic (0 ≥ eq,P > -1),
a rise in the price will cause total revenues to rise.
Elastic (eq,P < -1),
a rise in price will result in smaller total revenues.
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Demo.
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• Marginal revenue curve: a curve showing the relation between the quantity a firm sells and the revenue yielded by the last unit sold. It is derived from the demand curve.
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With a downward-sloping demand curve, the marginal revenue curve will lie below the demand curve since, at any level of output, marginal revenue is less than price.
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Price
Demand (Average Revenue)
Marginal Revenue
P1
Quantityper weekq10
Marginal Revenue Curve Associated with a Demand Curve
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RULE: produce the quantity for which marginal cost equals price.
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Price
P* = MR
0 Quantityper week
SAC
SMC
E
q*
Short-Run Supply Curve for a Price-Taking Firm
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Short-Run Profit Maximization
Total profits are given by the area P*EFA which can be calculated by multiplying profits per unit (P* - A) times the firm’s chosen output level q*.For this situation to truly be a maximum profit, the marginal cost curve must also be be increasing (it would be a profit minimum if the marginal cost curve was decreasing).
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The Firm’s Short-Run Supply Curve
The firm’s short-run supply curve is the relationship between price and quantity supplied by a firm in the short-run.For a price-taking firm, this is the positively sloped portion of the short-run marginal cost curve.For all possible prices, the marginal cost curve shows how much output the firm should supply.
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Shut Down Decisions
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The Shutdown DecisionThe firm will opt for q > 0 providing
• The price must exceed average variable cost.
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The Shutdown DecisionThe shutdown price is the price below which the firm will choose to produce no output in the short-run. It is equal to minimum average variable costs.In Figure 9-4, the shutdown price is P1.For all P ≥ P1 the firm will follow the P = MC rule, so the supply curve will be the short-run marginal cost curve.
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The Shutdown DecisionNotice, the firm will still produce if P < SAC, so long as it can cover its fixed costs.However, if price is less than the shutdown price (P < P1), the firm will have smaller losses if it shuts down.
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Next Time:
Finish off Costs
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EC4004 Lecture 11
Profit Maximization and Supply
Dr Stephen Kinsella