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Critical Thinking In many oligopolistic industries, firms
follow a price leadership strategy, in which an accepted industry leader sets, raises, or lowers prices and the
other firms follow. In what ways is this policy good and
bad for the industry? In what ways is this good or bad
for consumers? Whal is the difference between price
leadership and price fixing? Should governments al- low industries 10 use price leadership strategies? If not,
how can they prevent it?
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- . When Chinese automakers began exporting cars, rather thanfocusing on developed nations in the West, they shippedautos to emerging markets in countries such as Algeria, Russia,Chile, and South Africa. In these markets, even used vehiclesfrom multinational manufacturers are relatively scarce—andrelatively expensive. The Chinese automakers, who prioritizelow cost rather than design or even safety, applied a penetration-pricing strategy. A woman in Santiago, Chile, who boughta new Chery S21 explained, “The price factor is fairly decisive.I paid $5,500 new and full. Toyota with similar features costsaround $12,000.” Why do you think Chinese automakerschose that pricing strategy? Do you think it was successful?As Chinese regulators pressure these manufacturers to maketheir cars safer, do you think they will be able to keep theirprices low compared with those of the international automakers? Why or why not?26Prior to 1995, Thad only one beer producer a government-owned monopoly called Tawan Bear Suppose that while it was a monopoly. The company was un in a way to maximize peolt for the government. That is assume that it behaved like a private, pro maximizing monopolist Assuming demand and cost conditions are given on the following diagram, at what we would Taiwan Bear have targeted output and what price would it have charged Now suppose that while it was a monopoly Tewan Beer decided to compete in the highly competitive American market Assume further than maintained import barriers so that American producers could not sat in Taiwan but that they were not immediately reciprocated Assung Tan Beer could set all that it could produce in the American market at a price P Pund the wing given Q nalou oldi Tang The new price in Taiwan after the The output sold in the US is given by 0-0, Ta progiven by the re A P OF P OP by O market openss Price ($) P₂ MR Quantity MC AC PU.S. DrinCritical Thinking In many oligopolistic industries, firms follow a price leadership strategy, in which an accept- ed industry leader sets, raises, or lowers prices and the other firms follow. In what ways is this policy good and bad for the industry? In what ways is this good or bad for consumers? What is the difference between price leadership and price fixing? Should governments al- low industries to use price leadership strategies? If not, how can they prevent it?
- Exercise 5. You are the manager for a monopoly with costs, demand, and marginal revenueas in the graph at the top on Figure 1. a. Suppose economic conditions change in such a way that the demand curve for yourcompany shifts left.b. Draw a demand curve on the bottom graph on Figure 1 that leads to zero economicprofits.c. Draw a demand curve on the bottom graph on Figure 1 such that any furtherleftward demand shift will cause you to shutdown.enter roctor "se urce n When negative externalities are present in a market 3 O private costs will be greater than social costs. O social costs will be greater than private costs. O only government regulation will solve the problem. O the market will not be able to reach any equilibrium. Question 3 In a monopolistically competitive industry, firms set price O equal to marginal cost since each firm is a price taker. O below marginal cost since each firm is a price taker. O above marginal cost since each firm is a price setter. O always a fraction of marginal cost since each firm is a price setter. C $ O 4 % BABAA 5 M Oll 6 & O 7 8 O 9 2 pts ✓ 0Which of the following is a difference between a monopolistically compettive market and a monopoly in the long run? OA. Firms in a monopolistically competitive market eam zero economic profits in the long run, while a monopolist incurs losses in the long run. B. Firms in a monopolistically competitive market charge a price higher than marginal cast in the long run, while a monopolist charges a price equal to marginal cast in the long run OC. Firms in a monopolistically competitive market car zero economic profits in the long run, while a monopolist usually carns positive economic profits in the long run. OD. Firms in a monopolistically competitive market charge a price lower than merginal cost in the long run, while a monopolist charges a price equal to merginel cost in the long run.
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- Suppose that the market for e-readers is an oligopoly controlled by Amazon.com , Barnes and Noble,Sony, and Apple. Barnes and Noble is consideringincreasing its output. How would this affect themarket price? How would it affect the profits ofeach company?1 Imagine an incumbent monopolist is currently earning a profit of $100 million. Suddenly, theincumbent faces an entry threat and is considering whether or not to limit price. If the incumbent allows theentrant to come into the market it will see its profit decline to $50 million. In the case of effectively impededentry, the profit earned by the incumbent if it decides to limit price will be:A. greater than $100 million.B. greater than $50 million but less than $100 million.C. less than $50 million.D. either B or C.The graph below represents sales per week of ABC Inc. Ltd, a monopoly multinationalenterprise that supplies Hi-tech components. Use the graph to answer the questionsthat follow.i. State the elasticity of the monopoly firm demand curve. ii. Considering the figure, examine the benefits of the characteristics of themonopoly demand curve to ABC Inc. Ltd.iii. Suppose the demand and cost curves result in ABC Inc. Ltd earning aneconomic profit. Do you think ABC Inc. Ltd firm will earn profit in the long run? Explain your answer. Assume all factors constant.iv. Examine the effects of ABC Inc. Ltd on consumers.