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22 December, 00:59

Suppose the restaurant industry is perfectly competitive. All producers have identical cost curves and the industry is currently in long-run equilibrium, with each producer producing at its minimum long-run average total cost of $8.

a. If there is a sudden increase in demand for restaurant meals, what will happen to the price of a restaurant meal? How will individual firms respond to the change in price? Will there be entry or exit from the industry? Explain.

b. In the market as a whole, will the change in the equilibrium quantity be greater in the short-run or the long-run? Explain.

c. Will the change in output on the part of individual firms be greater in the short-run or the long - run? Explain and reconcile your answer to part (b).

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  1. 22 December, 03:23
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    A. Supply stays the same, demand decreases since restaurants are normal goods. As a result, the equilibrium price and the equilibrium quantity will go down.

    B. In the short run, the existing firms reduce their output causing Q * to fall. In the long run, as firms exit, Q * falls even further.

    C. An individual firm may produce in the short run, but exit from the industry in the long run. As a result, the firm will decrease its quantity produced up to 0. Therefore, in the long run the output of an individual firm may change drastically comparing with the short run.
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