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Set MC=AVC and solve for the values that a firm will produce at. Once you've found these values, set price = MC(S(p)) and solve for supply in terms of quantity.

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What is difference between individual supply curve and market supply curve?

The difference between individual supply curve and the market supply curve is tat individual supply curve is like a firm. To be able to get the market supply curve you have to have the individual supply curve.


What does a firm's supply curve for a good indicate?

A firm's supply curve for a good indicates the quantity of that good the firm is willing and able to produce and sell at different prices.


A firm's marginal cost curve above the average variable cost curve is also?

A firm's short run supply curve


Why does the marginal cost curve correspond to the supply curve?

A perfectly competitive firm's supply curve is that portion of its' marginal cost curve that lies above the minimum of the average variable cost curve. A perfectly competitive firm maximizes profit by producing the quantity of output that equates price and marginal cost. As such, the firm moves along it's marginal cost curve in response to alternative prices. Because the marginal cost curve is positively sloped due to the law of diminishing marginal returns, the firm's supply curve is also positively sloped.


Relationship between marginal cost and the supply curve for a purely competitive firm?

Marginal cost curve above the average variable cost curve, is the same as the short run supply curve. In perfect competition, MC=Price. It follows that production will be at that point. Hence the supply curve is the same as that part of the MC curve which is above AVC, where the firm can cover its variable cost....this is better than shutting down.

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What is a firm's short run supply curve?

A perfectly competitive firm's supply curve is that portion of its marginal cost curve that lies above the minimum of the average variable cost curve.


What is difference between individual supply curve and market supply curve?

The difference between individual supply curve and the market supply curve is tat individual supply curve is like a firm. To be able to get the market supply curve you have to have the individual supply curve.


What does a firm's supply curve for a good indicate?

A firm's supply curve for a good indicates the quantity of that good the firm is willing and able to produce and sell at different prices.


A firm's marginal cost curve above the average variable cost curve is also?

A firm's short run supply curve


Why does the marginal cost curve correspond to the supply curve?

A perfectly competitive firm's supply curve is that portion of its' marginal cost curve that lies above the minimum of the average variable cost curve. A perfectly competitive firm maximizes profit by producing the quantity of output that equates price and marginal cost. As such, the firm moves along it's marginal cost curve in response to alternative prices. Because the marginal cost curve is positively sloped due to the law of diminishing marginal returns, the firm's supply curve is also positively sloped.


Explain why the MC curve can be considered to be the individual firm's supply curve under conditions of Perfect Competition can the whole length of MC be considered the supply curve Whywhy not?

if the MC=Price, the firm got the maximum profit. that's what they want.


Relationship between marginal cost and the supply curve for a purely competitive firm?

Marginal cost curve above the average variable cost curve, is the same as the short run supply curve. In perfect competition, MC=Price. It follows that production will be at that point. Hence the supply curve is the same as that part of the MC curve which is above AVC, where the firm can cover its variable cost....this is better than shutting down.


Why marginal cost curve above the average variable cost curve is referred to as the firm short run supply curve?

The marginal cost (MC) curve above the average variable cost (AVC) curve is referred to as the firm’s short-run supply curve because it indicates the minimum price at which a firm is willing to produce and supply goods in the short run. When the market price is above the AVC, the firm can cover its variable costs and contribute to fixed costs, thus incentivizing production. If the price falls below the AVC, the firm would minimize losses by shutting down production. Therefore, the portion of the MC curve above the AVC reflects the price levels at which the firm chooses to operate.


Why monopoly does not have a supply curve?

Because the monopolist's supply decision cannot be set out independently of demand. since supply curve tells us the quantity that a firm chooses to supply at any given price and on the other hand, a monopoly firm is a price maker; the firrm sets the price and at the same time it chooses the quantity to supply. The market demand curve tells us how much the monopolist will supply.


How is a market supply curve similar to an individual supply curve?

The individual supply curve is the supply curve of a single firm producing output. Now say there are X individual producers there at any price P* the total available output is the output of all X producers ( a horizontal summation) this total of each individual supply curve gives the market supply curve. Put it simply all firms sell their output in the market.


What is the shape and behavior of the supply curve for a perfectly competitive firm in the short run?

The supply curve for a perfectly competitive firm in the short run is typically upward sloping and relatively elastic. This means that as the price of the good or service increases, the firm is willing and able to produce more of it. However, the firm's ability to adjust its output is limited by its fixed inputs in the short run.


A purely competitive firm's short-run supply curve is?

Because of the price taking nature of the firm in the perfectly competitive market. The supply curve would be the portin of the (Marginal Cost Curve) that disects the (P=Ar=Mr curves). Som from that point up would be the supply curve, to produce below that point would not be beneficial to the establishment. Up sloping and equal to the portion of the marginal cost curve that lies above the average variable cost. The demand curve is also perfectly elastic, this too contributes to the fact.