Student Solution

-->

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”
– Nelson Mandela

1 University

1 Course

1 Subject

Module 4 - Written Assignment

Module 4 - Written Assignment

Q We are learning quite a bit about market structures in this module week's summit session. Hopefully, you have had the opportunity to discuss market structures with your colleagues leading up to this activity. Now, let's dig a little deeper into market structures. In this activity, you will draft a document addressing the following topics: 1. Identify the differences between all four market structures in the short-run and long-run. This will be helpful as many of you may hold management positions and/or become entrepreneurs in the near future. When deciding what type of firm to own or operate, you may find that one market structure may be more advantageous over another based on short-run and long-run costs. 2. Explain the significance that the average total cost (ATC) curve has on profit and loss based on each type of market structure. Explore how the ATC curve affects all four market structures and identify whether firms will earn a profit or loss based on the placement of the ATC curve and price. Your answers must be supported by a minimum of two sources, be in current APA format, and be one-two pages in length. Your paper will automatically be evaluated through Turnitin when you submit your assignment in this activity. Save your assignment using a naming convention that includes your first and last name and the activity number (or description). Do not add punctuation or special characters. Note: Investopedia and Wikipedia are not considered credible sources in academia. Please do not include Investopedia or Wikipedia as sources for any assignment in this course.

View Related Questions

Solution Preview

In case of perfect competition, there exists large number of buyers and sellers and all the products here are homogenous in nature. Not only this, the consumers also possess perfect knowledge regarding the market. There are no barriers to entry here. Thus, when the firm incur profit then more and more firms enter the market. During the period of short run, the perfectly competitive firm earns normal profit, super normal profit and losses according to the marginal cost and marginal revenue. In the long run, however, the firm earns normal profit. Profit is maximised when the marginal revenue is equal to the marginal cots and the slope of MC remains much higher than the MR slope. On the other hand, in case of monopoly, there is only one seller along with large number of buyers.