(Solution Library) Consider a market for white color T-shirts, which we think is the best de-scribed by a monopolistically competitive model with homogeneous product


Question:

Consider a market for white color T-shirts, which we think is the best de-scribed by a monopolistically competitive model with homogeneous product (so consumers are indifferent which firm produced a particular white T-shirt). The total inverse market demand is p = 500-5/2Q, where p is the price of one T-shirt and Q is the total quantity demanded. The total cost of production is TC (q) = 10q +10 for each firm in the industry producing q T-shirts.

  1. Find the long-run market equilibrium, i.e. the market price, industry-level output, the output per firm and the total number of firms in this industry.
  2. Suppose that due to changing consumers preferences, the white color is getting more popular this season, so that there is a sudden increase in the total market demand to p = 600 — 5/2Q. What will happen in the short run to the market equilibrium?
  3. What will happen in the long run, when other firms start producing white color T-shirts?

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