The Speedy Typesetting Company, a perfectly competitive firm, is currently producing where
P =
MC and is earning a normal profit. The firm mainly employs minimum wage workers and the government just increased the minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.55 per hour. In the short run, this firm will most likely
◦ reduce the amount of output it produces because its cost curves have shifted up and to the left.
◦ continue to produce the same amount of output because only its fixed costs have increased.
◦ produce more units of output to increase revenue to cover the additional fixed costs.
◦ shut down because it will no longer be earning a normal profit.