Suppose Alex owns a business making quilts that generates $6,000 a month in revenue. Each month, Alex spends $1,600 on fabric and other sewing materials, and he pays his two employees a combined total of $4,000 per month (they each earn $2,000). Alex makes his quilts in a workshop he has set up in his basement. If Alex did not own the quilt business, he would work as a yoga instructor earning $1,200 per month, and he would use the basement as a TV room, an option he would value at $50 per month. a. What is Alex's accounting profit? Instructions: Enter your answer as a whole number. If you are entering a negative number, be sure to include a negative sign (-). $ b. What is Alex's economic profit? Instructions: Enter your answer as a whole number. If you are entering a negative number, be sure to include a negative sign (-). $ c. If the market for quilts is perfectly competitive, and other quilt producers face the same costs as Alex, then what would you expect to happen to both the number of firms making quilts and the equilibrium price of quilts in the long run. Briefly explain.
