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- Suppose that there are two firms producing a homogenous product and let the market demand besiven by Q(P) = 120 -P/2 . For simplicity assume that each fir operates with zero total cost. a) Assuming that firms compete over quantities, find the price best-response functions of firms 1 and2. Draw a diagram that shows the BRFs and the equilibrium, Are outputs strategic substitutes orcomplements? Find each firm's Cournot equilibrium output, price, profit, and total surplus. DefineNash equilibrium and argue that it is indeed a Nash equilibrium. b) Show that the duopolists have incentives to collude, Find their joint profit-maximizing price, output,and profit: find each firm's output and profit. Is collusion a Nash equilibrium? If not, what is theoptimal defection for each firm? Show this game in a 2X2 matrix form. What does this imply aboutthe Nash equilibrium or the stability of their collusive agreement? Is it a Prisoner's Dilemma Type? c) Suppose now that fims play the above game in…Two firms with differentiated products are competing in price. Firm A and B face thefollowing demand curves: Q_A = 70 − 2P_A + P_B and Q_B = 120 − 2P_B + P_Arespectively. Assume production is costless.a. Give equations for and graph each firm’s reaction curve.b. If both firms set their prices at the same time, what is the Nash equilibriumprice, quantity, and profit for each firm?c. Suppose A sets its price first and then B responds. What price and quantitydoes each firm set now? Is it advantageous to move first?d. Compare the profits from part b and c. Which firm benefits more from thesequential price choosing? (Please do b-d, thanks :))The marginal cost of a product is fixed at MC = 20. The demand for the product is Q = 100 - 2P. (a) Now consider a Cournot model with two firms that are choosing quantities simultaneously. What is the best reply (best response) function for each firm? What is theNash equilibrium? What is the total surplus? (b)What do you expect the total surplus would be with three firms? Why? (You do not need to calculate an exact value. You can say ”total surplus is at least 100”, or ”total surplus is at most 80”)
- Three firms compete in the style of Cournot. All firms have a constant returns to scale technology: There are no fixed cost and each firm's marginal cost is constant. The market demand is given by Q(P) = 9 - P. Firm 1's marginal cost is MC1 = 1, firm 2's marginal cost is MC2 = 2. Let MC3 be the marginal cost of Firm 3. Which of the below is a necessary condition so that q > 0 for all three firms in a Nash equilibrium? a. MC3 < 1 b. MC3 < 4 c. MC3 < 3 d. MC3 > 1 e. MC3 < 2Suppose two Bertrand competitors, F1 and F2, make identical products for a market with inverse demand P = 600 – 0.5Q. Both firms have the same costs Ci = 20qi, and each firm has sufficient capacity to supply the entire market. a. What prices will the firms choose? How much might each produce and what profit would they make? Is the result a Nash equilibrium? Explain. b. Suppose F1 improves its efficiency, reducing its cost to C1 = 16q1. What will happen in this market? Explain. c. Assume now that the firms have their original identical costs, but that F1 has only 100 units of capacity and F2 has only 200 units of capacity. What prices will the firms choose now? Explain why neither firm will want to decrease its price at the equilibrium you identify. Why would neither firm want to increase its price? Prove this for F1.A homogeneous products duopoly faces a market demand function given by Q = 20-2P, where Q = Q1 + Q2. Both firms have a constant marginal cost MC = 4. 1. Suppose the two firms set their quantities simultaneously by guessing the other firm's quantity choice. Derive the equation of each firm's reaction curve and then graph these curves. 2. What is the Cournot equilibrium quantity and price in this market for each firm? 3. What would the equilibrium price in this market be if it were perfectly competitive? 4. What is the Bertrand equilibrium price in this market?
- a)Consider a homogeneous goods industry where two firms operate and the linear demand is given by p(y1 + y2 ) = a - b(y1 + y2 ), where p is the market price, and y1 (y2) is the output produced by firm 1 (2). There are no costs for firm 1 or firm 2. Derive the best responses (reaction curve) for firm 1 and firm 2. Explain the term best response (reaction curve). Illustrate the best responses in a diagram. b) For the case in (a) determine the Cournot equilibrium (Nash equilibrium in quantities) when firm 1 and firm 2 compete simultaneously in quantities. How large are firm 1’s and firm 2’s profits? What is the industry output? c) Suppose the inverse demand curve in a market is D(p) =a-bp, where D(p) is the quantity demanded and p is the market price. Firm 1 is the leader and has a cost function c1(y1)=cy1 while firm 2 is the follower with a cost function c2(y2 )=. Firm 1 sets its price to maximise its profit. Firm 1 correctly forecasts that the follower takes the price leader’s…a)Consider a homogeneous goods industry where two firms operate and the linear demand is given by p(y1 + y2 ) = a - b(y1 + y2 ), where p is the market price, and y1 (y2) is the output produced by firm 1 (2). There are no costs for firm 1 or firm 2. Derive the best responses (reaction curve) for firm 1 and firm 2. Explain the term best response (reaction curve). Illustrate the best responses in a diagram. b) For the case in (a) determine the Cournot equilibrium (Nash equilibrium in quantities) when firm 1 and firm 2 compete simultaneously in quantities. How large are firm 1’s and firm 2’s profits? What is the industry output? c) Suppose the inverse demand curve in a market is D(p) =a-bp, where D(p) is the quantity demanded and p is the market price. Firm 1 is the leader and has a cost function c1(y1)=cy1 while firm 2 is the follower with a cost function c2(y2 )=. Firm 1 sets its price to maximise its profit. Firm 1 correctly forecasts that the follower takes the price…(a) Consider a homogeneous goods industry where two firms operate and the linear demand is given by p(y1 + y2 ) = a - b(y1 + y2 ), where p is the market price, and y1 (y2) is the output produced by firm 1 (2). There are no costs for firm 1 or firm 2. Derive the best responses (reaction curve) for firm 1 and firm 2. Explain the term best response (reaction curve). Illustrate the best responses in a diagram. b) For the case in (a) determine the Cournot equilibrium (Nash equilibrium in quantities) when firm 1 and firm 2 compete simultaneously in How large are firm 1’s and firm 2’s profits? What is the industry output?
- (Cournot competition with different marginal costs) Our best estimate for total marketdemand in a given market is P 1000-2Q. Two firms (1 and 2) are competing in this market in quantities, choosing Q1 and Q2 simultaneously. Firm 1 has marginalcost equal to c1 = 100 and Firm 2 produces at marginal cost c2 = 200. (a) Write down the profits of both firms and and their best response functions. (b) Find the Cournot - Nash equilibrium in quantities, and calculate equilibrium profits for both firms. (c) Suppose that each firm has the option, at a previous stage, to invest in an R&D project that will reduce its marginal cost of production by 50% if successful. What is the value of this innovation to each firm? Given that R&D costs and successprobabilities are equal, which one has greater incentives to invest in R&D ? You can think in terms of per - period profits to set aside timing issues.Suppose that Market demand for golf balls is described by Q= 90-3p,Where Q is measured in kilos of balls. There are two firms that supply the market. Firm 1 can produce a kilo of balls at a constant unit cost of $15 whereas firm 2 has a constant unit cost equal to $10.a. suppose firms compete in quantities. How much does each firm sell in a Cournot equilibrium? What is the market price and what are firms' profit?b. suppose firms compete in price. How much does each firm sell in a Bertrand equilibrium. What is market price and what are firms' profits?1 Consider two identical firms with a unit cost of production of $10 and a market demand of p= 60-y. (a) What is firm 1’s optimal output level as a function of firm 2’s output? (b) What is firm 2’s optimal output level as a function of firm 1’s output? (c) What is the Cournot equilibrium output level for these firms? (d) What is the Cournot equilibrium price level? Show your work step by step.