Economics For Today
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Author: Tucker
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Government ban on cigarette advertisement and the benefit to cigarette companies.
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Which of one the following statements are correct about the Kreps and Scheinkerman (1983) model?
It is a static model just like the Cournot model.
It is a 2-stage dynamic model in which the firms decide on quantities in stage 1 and make pricing decisons with identical constant marginal cost in stage 2.
It is a 2-stage dynamic model in which the firms decide on capacities in stage 1 and make pricing decisions with capacity constants in stage 2.
It is a static model of price competition but the products of the firms are differentiated.
Which of one the following statements are correct about the Kreps and Scheinkerman (1983) model?
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It is a 2-stage dynamic model in which the firms decide on quantities in stage 1 and make pricing decisons with identical constant marginal cost in stage 2.
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It is a static model just like the Cournot model.
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It is a static model of price competition but the products of the firms are differentiated.
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It is a 2-stage dynamic model in which the firms decide on capacities in stage 1 and make pricing decisions with capacity constants in stage 2.
Are these statements true or false? Provide a detailed explanation as to how you arrived at your answer:
1. If someone has linear indifference curves between contingent commodity bundles, then they must be risk averse and the risk premium is positive.
2. If a game has a Pareto efficient outcome, there exists a Nash equilibrium that leads to this outcome.
3. If a quantity tax is imposed on a profit maximising monopolist, consumer bear a higher burden of the tax than producers.
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