What is each fisherman profit-maximizing output now

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A upcoming recession greatly influences daily market demand for Maine lobsters, which can be described as QD = 3000 + 250I - 250P (I is the average American income in $1000s). Thanks to depression, that average income falls from $32,000 to $24,000. All lobster fishermen are identical and face the same relationship between their total daily costs and daily output (q): TC = ½*q2+4q + 200. You should assume that market output is the sum of all firm output (Q = N*q, where N is the no. of lobster fishermen). Use this information to answer following questions.

a) Graph the pre-recession as well as post-recession demands for lobster. In the short-run, what happens to price of lobster?

b) What is the efficient scale for lobster fishermen?

c) Before the recession, there were 250 lobster fishermen. Was industry in long-run equilibrium? Find that scenario market price, total output, each firm output, as well as each firm's profits.

d) After the recession, the 250 lobster fishermen continue to go out and fish.

i) What is each fisherman's profit-maximizing output now?

ii) Find the market price and the total output.

iii) How large of a loss are the fishermen incurring?

iv) In the short-run, will these fishermen continue to operate or shut down (i.e., leave their boats idle at the dock)?

e) Find the long-run equilibrium number of fishermen in the post- recession market for lobsters. How many fishermen had to exit?

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