Ryan quit a job with a daily salary and opened a business. O…
Ryan quit a job with a daily salary and opened a business. On a daily basis, the total revenue of the business is $200, and the explicit costs of the business are $120. If Ryan has zero economic profits, what must be the value of Ryan’s implicit costs?
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A typical firm in a perfectly competitive constant-cost industry is operating with an economic loss in the short run. When the industry returns to long-run equilibrium, what will happen to the number of firms in the industry, the market price, and the typical firm’s quantity?
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Pickleco, a pickle-producing firm, hires labor and capital in perfectly competitive factor markets. The firm is minimizing its costs at the current production level. The marginal product of labor is 100 units and the marginal product of capital is 60 units. If the rental price of capital is $12, what is the wage Pickleco is paying its workers?
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