Comparing monopoly and perfect competition

Consider the daily market for hot dogs in a small city. Imagine that this market is in long-run competitive equilibrium, with many hot dog stands in the city, each one selling the same kind of hot dogs. Therefore, each vendor is a price taker and possesses no market power.

The following graph shows the demand (D) and supply curves (S=MC) in the market for hot dogs.

Place the biacit point {plus symbol) on the graph to indicate the market price and quantity that will result from perfect competition. (9 Perlecl Competition PC Outcome PRICE AND COSTS (Dollars par hot dog) 0 i I I l I 1 I I F I) 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 QUANTITY [Hot dogs) Assume that one of the hot dog vendors successfully lobbies the city council to obtain the exclusive right to sell hot dogs within the city limits. This rm buys up all the rest of the hot dog vendors in the city and operates as a monopoly. Assume that this change doesn't affect demand and that the new monopoly's marginal cost curve corresponds exactly to the supply curve on the previous graph. Under this assumption, the following graph shows the demand (D), marginal revenue (MR), and marginal cost (MC) curves for the monopoly firm. Place the black point (plus symbol) on the following graph to indicate the profit-maximising price and quantity of a monopolist. Monopoly 5.0 4.5 Monopoly Outcome 4.0 MC 3.5 3.0 2.5 PRICE, COSTS, AND REVENUE (Dollars per hot dog) 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 D MR 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 QUANTITY (Hot dogs)In the following table, enter the price and quantity that would arise in a perfectly competitive market; then enter the profitmaximising price and quantity that would be chosen if a monopolist controlled this market. Price Quantity Market Structure (Dollars) (Hot dogs) Perfect Competition Monopoly Given the summary table of the two different market structures, you can infer that, in general, the price is higher under a V , and the quantity is lower under a v