Consider the following statements about the Stackelberg game from the slides, assuming both firms are identical: • (1) Denote by qº the Cournot equilibrium quantity produced by each firm, and by q°C the competitive quantity defined by P(qPC) = c (price equals marginal cost). Let s2 denote a strategy where firm 2 plays q2 = q° if it %3D %3D observes g 1 = gC, and plays gɔ = a 1 = gC. and plays gɔ = gPC otherwise, Let s 1
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Cournot Model Outcomes -
Output of each firm = qc
Strategy (s1 , s2 ) => If , q1 = qc , then q2 = qc
If , q1 /= qc , then q2 = qpc
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- Consider the following statements about the Stackelberg game from the slides, assuming both firms are identical: (I) Denote by qC the Cournot equilibrium quantity produced by each firm, and by qPC the competitive quantity defined by P(qPC) = c (price equals marginal cost). Let s2 denote a strategy where firm 2 plays q2 = qC if it observes q 1 = qC, and plays q2 = qPC otherwise. Let s 1 denote a strategy where firm 1 plays q1 = qC. Then, (s1,s2) is a Nash equilibrium of the Stackelberg game, but it’s not a subgame perfect Nash equilibrium. (II) The first firm is allowed to change its quantity after observing firm 2’s quantity chosen at the second stage. (III) Consumers are worse off in the Stackelberg game compared with the Cournot outcome given the same parameters. Group of answer choices: a. Only II is correct b. Only I is correct. c. All options are incorrect. d. Only III is correct e. More than one option is correct.How would the Cournot equilibrium change in the airline example if American's marginal cost were $90 and United's were $180? The demand the duopoly quantity-setting firms face is Q=339−p with an inverse demand function of p=339−1qA −1qU where qA is the quantity produced by American and qU is the quantity produced by United. The Cournot-Nash equilibrium occurs where qA equals ? enter your response here and qU equals? enter your response here. (enter numeric responses using integers) Furthermore, the equilibrium occurs at a price of ? (round your answer to the nearest penny)Consider a Cournot Oligopoly. One firm has costs C1(Q1) = 12Q1 while the other firm’s cost function is C2(Q2) = 10Q2. The demand for both firms’ products Q=Q1 +Q2 isQD(P)=200−2P. (a) Determine the equilibrium price P, the market shares s1, s2, and the quantities Q1, Q2 produced by both firms. (b) Suppose more firms with the lower cost technology, i.e., with cost function Ci(Qi) = 10Qi enter the market. How many firms with this technology must be in the market such that firm 1’s profit becomes negative. In other words, suppose there is one firm with the high costs, and n firms with the low costs. At what level n will profits of the high-cost firm be negative?
- Consider a Cournot Duopoly model. The inverse demand for their products is given byP = 200 − 6Q, where Q is the total quantity supplied in the market (that is, Q = Q1 + Q2). Each firm has an identical cost function, given byT Ci = 2Qi, for i = 1, 2.(a) In the Cournot model, what does each firm choose?(b) What is the timing of each firm’s decision?(c) Find the Nash equilibrium quantities (Q∗1, Q∗2)?(d) What is the equilibrium price? Just help with c and d here pleaseConsider a Duopoly model, in which two firms decide a quantity sequentially. For the convenience, let's say Firm 1 is a dominant firm and Firm 2 is a follower. The market demand is given by P=110 - 5Q, where Q is the total output (i.e., Q=Q1+Q2). Each firm has an identical cost function, TCi=7Qi, i=1, 2. Each firm maximizes its profit by choosing the quantity. In this Stackelberg equilibrium, Firm 1 will sell __________ units.Consider a Duopoly model, in which two firms decide a quantity sequentially. For the convenience, let's say Firm 1 is a dominant firm and Firm 2 is a follower. The market demand is given by P=110 - 5Q, where Q is the total output (i.e., Q=Q1+Q2). Each firm has an identical cost function, TCi=7Qi, i=1, 2. Each firm maximizes its profit by choosing the quantity. In this Stackelberg equilibrium, Firm 1 will sell how many units.
- Assume that two companies (C and D) are duopolists that produce identical products. Demand for the products is given by the following linear demand function:P=1000−QC−QDwhere QC and QD are the quantities sold by the respective firms and P is the selling price. Total cost functions for the two companies are TCC=15,000+50QC TCD=10,000+75QD Assume that the firms act independently as in the Cournot model (i.e., each firm assumes that the other firm’s output will not change). Please, find the equilibrium output of firm C.Consider two firms that produce the same good and competesetting quantities. The firms face a linear demand curve given by P(Q) =1 − Q, where the Q is the total quantity offered by the firms. The costfunction for each of the firms is c(qi) = cqi, where 0 < c < 1 and qiis the quantity offered by the firm i = 1, 2. Find the Nash equilibriumoutput choices of the firms, as well as the total output and the price, andcalculate the output and the welfare loss compared to the competitiveoutcome. How would the answer change if the firms compete settingprices? What can we conclude about the relationship between competitionand the number of firms?Suppose that two clothing manufacturers, Lands’ End and L.L. Bean, are deciding what price to charge for very similar field coats. The cost of producing these coats is $100. The coats are very close substitutes, so customers flock to the seller that offers the lowest price. If both firms offer identical prices, each receives half the customers. For simplicity, assume that the two firms have the choice of pricing at prices of $103, $102, or $101. The profit each firm would earn at various prices (Lands’ Ends Profit, LL Bean’s Profit) is attached in the payoff matrix below: a.) What is the Nash equilibrium and expected profits to LL Bean and Lands’ End of this game? b.) Suppose this is a mixed strategy game in which LL Bean has a 25% percent chance of choosing a priceof $101, a 25% chance of choosing price of $102, and a 50% chance of choosing $103, while Lands End has a1/3 chance of choosing each strategy. What’s the expected payoff to LL Bean? c.) Suppose that in hopes of raising…
- Two firms - firm 1 and firm 2 - share a market for a specific product. Both have zero marginal cost. They compete in the manner of Bertrand and the market demand for the product is given by: q = 20 − min{p1, p2}. 1. What are the equilibrium prices and profits? 2. Suppose the two firms have signed a collusion contract, that is, they agree to set the same price and share the market equally. What is the price they would set and what would be their profits? For the following parts, suppose the Bertrand game is played for infinitely many times with discount factor for both firms δ ∈ [0, 1). 3. Let both players adopt the following strategy: start with collusion; maintain the collusive price as long as no one has ever deviated before; otherwise set the Bertrand price. What is the minimum value of δ for which this is a SPNE. 4. Suppose the policy maker has imposed a price floor p = 4, that is, neither firm is allowed to set a price below $4. How does your answer to part 3 change? Is it now…Assume that two companies (C and D) are duopolists that produce identical products. Demand for the products is given by the following linear demand function: P=600-Qc-Qd where QCQC and QDQD are the quantities sold by the respective firms and P is the selling price. Total cost functions for the two companies are TCc=25,000=100Qc TCd=20,000=125Qd Assume that the firms act independently as in the Cournot model (i.e., each firm assumes that the other firm’s output will not change). For Company C, the long-run equilibrium output is , and the selling price is $ . For Company D, the long-run equilibrium output is , and the selling price is $ . At the equilibrium output, Company C earns total profits of $ , and Company D earns total profits of $ .Two firms compete in selling identical widgets. They choose their output levels Q1 and Q2 simultaneously and face the demand curve P = 30 - Q where Q = Q1 + Q2. Until recently, both firms had zero marginal costs. Recent environmental regulations have increased Firm 2’s marginal cost to $15. Firm 1’s marginal cost remains constant at zero. TRUE-FALSE: Is the following statement true of false? ”As a result, the market price will rise to the monopoly level.” Solve for the Cournot equilibrium and write a convincing explanation of your answer.