Three firms with identical marginal cost of 30 compete in a market with inverse demand of P = 50 - 8Q. If the firms behave as the Cournot model suggests, what is the pass through rate for a change in marginal cost?
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Three firms with identical marginal cost of 30 compete in a market with inverse demand of P = 50 - 8Q. If the firms behave as the Cournot model suggests, what is the pass through rate for a change in marginal cost?
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- An industry contains two firms producing homogenous goods, one whose costfunction is C(Q1) = 30Q1 and another whose cost function is C(Q2) = 30Q2. The demandfunction for the market is given by:P = 65 - QT where QT = Q1 + Q2. a. Assuming firms are choosing quantities according to the Cournot model, what iseach firm’s reaction function?b. Graph each firm’s reaction curve (on same graph).c. How much does each firm produce in the Nash equilibrium of Cournot's model?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.Suppose we have two identical firms A and B, selling identical products. They are the only firms in the market and compete by choosing prices at the same time. The Market demand curve is given by P=244-2Q. The only cost is a constant marginal cost of $18. If Firm A chooses a price of $175 what is Firm B's best response? Enter a number only, no $ sign. 131
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- Exercise 6.8. Two companies with cost functions C1 (q1 )=5q1 and C2 (q2)= 0.5 q2 ² supply the to the same market. If the inverse market demand function is given by P = 100 - 0,5Q , where Q = q₁ + q₂ , find a) The production level of each firm, the price and the profits if the companies compete according to the Cournot model. (b) The level of production of each undertaking, the price and the profits if the undertakings agree to jointly maximise their profits. Show the results with the help of graphs.Need answer for part b only Zeus and Iron are the only two cement producers in Gotham. The cement they produce is essentially identical. In this market, each firm chooses the output level to produce and the price is determined by aggregate output (Cournot competition). The inverse demand for cement is given by P = 225 − Q/2 . Q is measured in tons and P is in euros. The marginal cost for Zeus is constant at 50 euros/ton. The respective cost for Iron is constant at 40 euros/ton. A technological innovation in the production process allows both firms to reduce marginal cost by 5 euros/ton. a) How much would each firm be willing to pay for the innovation, if it were the only firm to acquire it? b) Consider a situation where firms’ managers, simultaneously and non-cooperatively decide whether to acquire the innovation or not, which costs 900 euros, and then compete in quantities. What is the equilibrium of this game, based on its payoff matrix?Gamma and Zeta are the only two widget manufacturers in the world. Each firm has a cost function given by: C(q) = 10+20q + q^2, where q is number of widgets produced. The market demand for widgets is represented by the inverse demand equation: P = 200 - 2Q where Q = q1 + q2 is total output. Suppose that each firm maximizes its profits taking its rival's output as given (i.e. the firms behave as Cournot oligopolists). a) What will be the equilibrium quantity selected by each firm? What is the market price? What is the profit level for each firm? Equilibrium quantity for each firm__ price__ profit__ b) It occurs to the managers of Gamma and Zeta that they could do a lot better by colluding. If the two firms were to collude in a symmetric equilibrium, what would be the profit-maximizing choice of output for each firm? What is the industry price? What is the profit for each firm in this case? Equilibrium quantity for each firm__ price__ profit__ c) What minimum discount factor is required…