9.24. The global propylene industry is perfectly competitive, and each producer has the long-run marginal cost function

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9.24. The global propylene industry is perfectly competitive, and each producer has the long-run marginal cost function MC(Q) ! 40 " 12Q $ Q2

. The corresponding long-run average cost function is AC(Q) ! 40 " 6Q $

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/3. The market demand curve for propylene is D(P) !

2200 " 100P. What is the long-run equilibrium price in this industry, and at this price, how much would an individual firm produce? How many active producers are in the propylene market in a long-run competitive equilibrium?

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Microeconomics

ISBN: 9780470563588

4th Edition

Authors: David Besanko, Ronald Braeutigam

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