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Assignment: The Supply Curve

Part I: Single Investor-Owned Firm

Complete the following for a single investor-owned firm. 

1. Define total revenue (TR), marginal revenue (MR), and the profit-maximizing rule.
2. Calculate MR, MC, and ATC for Table 3.1.
3. Give the profit-maximizing level of output (Q).

Part II: Tax-Exempt Agency

Now, assume the firm is a tax-exempt agency. One possibility is that tax-exempt agencies maximize output.

1. Define the output-maximization rule.
2. Give the output-maximizing level of output (Q) in Table 3.1.
3. Explain what happens to the supply curve for an output-maximizing firm if it increases the quality of their visits.

Table 3.1