Question 1 (10 Marks)

The following graph represents the situation of Sindbad’s caps, a firm selling caps in the perfectly competitive caps industry.

1. How much output should Sindbad produce to maximize his profit, if the market price is equal to $11? (2 marks)
2. How much profit (loss) will he earn? (2 marks)
3. Indicate the profit (loss) area on the graph. (2 marks)
4. Find the fixed cost paid by the firm. (2 marks)
5. Suppose Sindbad decides to shut down. What would his loss be? (2 marks)

Question 2 (20 Marks)

The figure below shows the demand and cost curves for a monopolist. Assume there are no fixed costs in the market and an unlimited number of units of the product can be produced at a marginal cost of $5 per unit. As a result average total cost and marginal cost are the same.

1. Find the output level and the price charged to consumers, when the monopolist is maximizing its profit. (6 marks)
2. Find the monopoly’s total economic profit when it is maximizing its profit. (4 marks)
3. Indicate the area of consumer surplus under monopoly. (2 marks)
4. What would be the market price and the market quantity, if the industry in the figure was perfectly competitive (Assuming a constant cost industry)? (4 marks)
5. Indicate the area of consumer surplus when the market is served by perfectly competitive firms. (2 marks)
6. What is the area of the deadweight loss from monopoly? (2 marks)

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