Suppose That We Are in a Condition of "Stuck" Prices

question 11

Essay

Suppose that we are in a condition of "stuck" prices so that the price of nails will not go above or below $2/kg.Further suppose that nail factories have been built on a business plan designed to deliver 6,000 kg/week.How many nails will be sold in a market in which demand (which includes a modest amount of inventory) is characterized by: (a) P = 5 - 0.5Q, (b) P = 6 - 0.5Q, and (c) P = 4 - 0.5Q, where P is in $/kg and Q is in thousands of kg/week? In each case, what happens to inventory.

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Definitions:

Marginal-Cost Curve

A curve that shows the cost of producing one additional unit of a good or service.

Average-Total-Cost Curve

A graphical representation that shows the average total cost per unit of output at various levels of production.

Average Total Cost

The total cost of production divided by the quantity of output produced, indicating the average cost per unit.

Total Output

Total output is the total quantity of goods or services produced by an economy, firm, or machine in a specific period.