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  • Jan 8, 2012, 07:35 AM
    microconomi
    Economic profits, monopoly question
    Time Jeans, Co located in London, is a private producer of fashion
    Jeans and clothing. John Time, founder and general manager, has recently announced his
    Retirement. Your company, a potential entrant into the market for jeans, wants to evaluate the shortand
    Long-run potential of this market. Based on data gathered from your company's research
    Department, customer surveys, trade associations, and other sources, the following market demand and
    Cost information has been developed:

    P = $5400 - $1.5Q,
    MR = $5400 - $3Q,
    TC = $400Q $0.5Q2
    MC = $400 $1Q,

    Where P is price, Q is units measured by the number of pairs of jeans, MR is marginal revenue, TC is
    Total costs including a normal rate of return, MC is marginal cost.


    A) Assume that these demand and cost data are descriptive of Time's operations
    Calculate output, price, and economic profits earned by Time Jeans.

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