What would you expect to happen to the proportion of big chain restaurants relative to mom and pop restaurants in a town that lowered its minimum wage? will the poportion change due to exits or entrances? which type of restaurant will see more in the way of exits or entrances? why?
By lowering minimum wage, mom and pop restaurants are able to lower their costs than those big chain restaurants who still pays high minimum wages to it's workers. Over time more and more mom and pop restaurants will enter the market to take advantage of this cost advantage. On the other hand, the proportion of big chain restaurants have higher costs, so, they will begin to loose money when faced with new competitors. This will cause a larger portion of big chain restaurants go out of business and exit the market. As a result, in that town, proportion of big chain restaurants relative to mom and pop restaurants will fall.
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