For any industry initially comprising of three or more firms characterized by symmetric Cournot competition, a two-firm merger that creates a Stackelberg leader leads to O a. lower profits for the leader, lower profits for the followers and lower price O b. lower profits for the leader, higher profits for the followers and lower price O c. higher profits for the leader, higher profits for the followers and higher price O d. higher profits for the leader, lower profits for the followers and lower price O e. None of the options given are correct
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- only typed answer The inverse demand for a homogeneous-product Stackelberg duopoly is P = 26,000 −4Q. The cost structures for the leader and the follower, respectively, are CL(QL) = 2,000QL and CF (QF) = 4,000QF. a. What is the follower’s reaction function? QF = − QL b. Determine the equilibrium output level for both the leader and the follower. Leader output: Follower output: c. Determine the equilibrium market price. $ d. Determine the profits of the leader and the follower. Leader profits: $ Follower profits: $A10 Consider an industry with 2 firms, each firm with marginal costs equal to 0. Market demand curve is given by Q=60- P. With 2 firms, we can write Q=Q1+ Q2 . Suppose that each firm behaves as a “Cournot” competitor, that is, choose the optimal quantity maximizing the profits in a strategic way.(a) What would be the values of Q1, and Q2 in equilibrium? (b) Suppose firm 1 can “commit” its level of output in advance. In other words, if firm 1 announces to produce Q1, firm 2 needs to decide how much to produce assuming that firm 1 would indeed produce Q1. What’s the level of Q1 firm 1 would choose to maximize its profit?Please solve all the parts and only typed answer The inverse demand for a homogeneous-product Stackelberg duopoly is P = 16,000 – 4Q. The cost structures for the leader and the follower, respectively, are CL(QL) = 4,000QL and CF (QF) = 6,000QF. What is the follower’s reaction function? Determine the equilibrium output level for both the leader and the follower. Leader output: Follower output: Determine the equilibrium market price. Determine the profits of the leader and the follower. Leader profits: Follower profits:
- Ch 24 Economics If there are two firms Atlas and Bowden in this market with the same earlier total cost function of TC = 500 + 10Q^2 , demand function of P(q)= 220-10q and they engage in Cournot competition, what is each firm's equilibrium quantity, price, and profit? [NB: round quantities to nearest integer to find equilibrium quantity, price, and profitIn which market structure does Johnson Electronics (Pty) Ltd operate? Provide areason for your answer and what level of output maximizes the firm’s profit? Provide the reason for youranswer output price total revenue average cost total cost margnial cost profit/ loss 10 10.00 100 20.80 208 0 -108 20 10.00 200 12.40 248 4.00 -48 30 10.00 300 9.90 297 5.00 3 40 10.00 400 9.00 360 6.20 40 50 10.00 500 8.80 440 8.00 60 60 10.00 600 9.00 540 10.00 60Only typed answer In a duopoly, each firm has marginal cost MC = 100, and market demand is Q = 500 - 0.5p. Assuming average cost is the same as marginal cost. In which oligopoly, Cournot or Stackelberg, do firms have more market power? a. Cournot since the Lerner Index in the Cournot model is twice as much as that in the Stackelberg model. b. Stackelberg since the Lerner Index in the Cournot model is twice as much as that in the Stackelberg model. c. Cournot since the Lerner Index in the Cournot model is about 1.08 times as much as that in the Stackelberg model. d. Stackelberg since the Lerner Index in the Cournot model is about 1.08 times as much as that in the Stackelberg model.
- Question 1 (40 points) Consider a homogeneous duopoly market where two firms compete in prices. Demand is given by D 8-2p, where p is price. Marginal cost of production is 2. a)lf the individual capacity of both firms is 2, is there an equilibrium in pure strategies? If so, what are the equilibrium prices? If not, provide a proof. b) Consider then that a third firm enters the market and that all three firms have a capacity of 2. Does an equilibrium in pure strategies exist? If so, what are the equilibrium prices? If not, why not? c) Does you answer under b) change if the firms' capacities are respectively equal to 1, 2 and 3?.1.In differentiated oligopoly,the elasticity of individual market demand is smaller than in the case of pure oligopoly.Explain this statement in not more three sentences 2.As a prospective production manager of an agribusiness firm whose average variable cost of production is greater than the price per unit of its product in a competitive market indicate ,in not more than four sentences, how would you advice management concerning the operations of the firm 3.Assuming you are the production Economist in a farm firm whose elasticity of production is negative indicate,in not more than 3 sentences, how would you advice management concerning the operations of the firmTwo firms engage in Cournot competition in the Everlasting Gobstopper industry. The price elasticity of demand is-2. Firm 1 has aconstant marginal cost of $110.00 per unit, and firm 2 has a constant marginal cost of $181.50 per unit. If the two firms are currently inequilibrium, what is firm 2's share of the market? Enter your answer as a decimal, rounded to two places if necessary.______ Please show all steps
- Practice Problem 1: Two firms produce homogeneous goods with constant marginal costs c = 2. The market demand in each period is P(Q) =10 - Q where Q is output. (a) Compute Cournot (quantity competition) profits in this market (for which you need to compute output and prices, of course).(b) Compute the monopoly profit in this market. That is, what a firm with the same cost function would make if it were the only one in the market (and what a cartel of the two firms would decide to produce in this market).(c) Suppose that one firm produces half the output that you computed in (b). Compute the best response of the other firm, and explain why in one period an agreement between the two firms to produce each half the monopoly output (and so get half the monopoly profit) would not be honored..(a) There are two companies in the world that produce large passenger aircraft, Boeing, and Airbus. How would you characterize the market for large passenger aircraft, monopoly, perfectly competitive, monopolistically competitive or Oligopoly? Please explain. Large passenger aircraft are defined as aircraft than can carry more than 150 passengers. (b) The market for telephone services has become more competitive over time with the advancement of technology in the industry. Technology in the aircraft manufacturing industry has also advanced significantly. Why hasn’t this improvement in technology led to an increase in competition (Boeing and Airbus have been the only manufacturers in this industry for many years)? Please explain.Suppose Fiat recently entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Case for $4.3 billion. Prior to the merger, the market for four-wheel-drive tractors consisted of five firms. The market was highly concentrated, with a Herfindahl-Hirschman index of 2,765. Case’s share of that market was 22 percent, while Fiat comprised just 12 percent of the market. If approved, by how much would the postmerger Herfindahl-Hirschman index increase? Based only on this information, do you think the Justice Department would challenge the merger? Explain.