Determine the reaction function for each firm. Calculate each firm's equilibrium level of output. Calculate the market equilibrium price. Calculate the profit each firm earns in equilibrium.
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- The inverse demand curve for a product is p = 20 - 0/5, where Q is the total volume brought to the market. At present two firms serve this market. Firm 1 has constant marginal costs of 5, while Firm 2 has constant marginal costs of 2. Both firms have fixed costs of 100. a) Assuming the fixed costs are sunk, calculate the equilibrium quantities, price and profits for the two firms. b) Now assuming the fixed costs are not sunk, calculate the equilibrium quantities, price and profits for the two firms. c) Discuss any competition issues raised by your answer in part b). d) Discuss the theoretical relevance of sunk costs to competition in markets.The inverse market demand curve for salmon is given by P(Y) = 100 – 2Y, and the total cost function for any firm in the industry is given by TC(y) = 4y. a. Suppose that two Cournot firms operated in the market. What would be the reaction function for Firm 1 and the reaction function of Firm 2? (Notes: The marginal cost is not zero). If the firms were operating at the Cournot equilibrium point, what would the industry output and price be? b. For the Cournot case, draw the two reaction curves and indicate the equilibrium point on the graphThere are only two driveway paving companies in a small town, Asphalt, Inc. and Blacktop Bros. The inverse demand curve for paving services is ?= 2040 ―20? where quantity is measured in pave jobs per month and price is measured in dollars per job. Assume Asphalt, Inc. has a marginal cost of $100 per driveway and Blacktop Bros. has a marginal cost of $150. Answer the following questions: Determine each firm’s reaction curve and graph it. How many paving jobs will each firm produce in Cournot equilibrium? What will the market price of a pave job be? How much profit does each firm earn?
- Here is a market with three firms: 1, 2, and 3. The demand curve is P=100-Q. There is no fixed cost but the marginal cost 10 for all firms. Firm 1 is a leader firm so that it decides the quantity Q1 first. Then two firms respectively decide their quantities Q2 and Q3 simultaneously. 1) At an equilibrium (SPE), Q1 is Q2=Q3= 2) At the equilibrium, (the market quantity) Q= and (the market price) P= 3) The profit of firm 1 is while the profit of firm 2 and 3 respectively isTwo firms sells an identical product. The demand function for each firm is given: Q = 20 - P, where Q = q1 + q2 is the market demand and P is the price. The cost function for reach firm is given: TCi = 10 + 2qi for i = 1, 2. a) If these two firms collude and they want to maximize their combined profit, how much are the market equilibrium quantity and price? b) If these two firms decide their production simultaneously, how much does each firm produce? What is the market equilibrium price? c) If Firm 1 is a leader who decides the production level first and Firm 2 is a follower, how much does each firm produce? What is the market equilibrium price?A) Suppose there are just two firms, 1 and 2, in the oil market and the inverse demand for oil is given by P = 90 – 3Q. The marginal cost for each firm is €18. Calculate the level of output that each firm would produce at the Cournot equilibrium. B) Suppose there are just two firms, 1 and 2, in the oil market and the inverse demand for oil is given by P = 60 – Q. The marginal cost for each firm is €36. What price should Firm 1 charge at the Cournot equilibrium? C) Consider the production function Q = 10KL. Will the MRTS for this production function remain constant along the Q = 200 isoquant? Explain briefly.
- Output is homogenous and the demand curve is P = 448 - Q. There are two firms with identical %3D costs given by C = q2 i where qi is the production of firm i. The marginal cost of firm i is Mci(qi) = 2qi . (a) Find the Cournot equilibrium firm outputs. (b)Suppose that there are two firms in an industry and they face market demand y=400-0.5p where y=y1+y2 . The total cost functions of the firms are C1(y1)= 40y1 and C2(y2)= 2y22. a) Assume initially that the firms enter into Cournot competition. Calculate the equilibrium market price and each firm’s equilibrium output. That is, find y1c, y2sand pc.b) Calculate the equilibrium market price and each firm’s equilibrium output assuming that firm 2 is the Stackelberg leader and firm 1 is the follower. That is, find y1s, y2sand ps.. The market for widgets consists of two firms that produce identical products. Competition in the market is such that each of the firms independently produces a quantity of output, and these quantities are then sold in the market at a price that is determined by the total amount produced by the two firms. Firm 2 is known to have a cost advantage over firm 1. A recent study found that the (inverse) market demand curve faced by the two firms is P = 280 – 2(Q1 + Q2), and costs are C1(Q1) = 3Q1 and C2(Q2) = 2Q2. a. Determine the marginal revenue for each firm. b. Determine the reaction function for each firm.
- Consider an industry composed of 3 firms and facing demand: P(Q) = 1- Q, where Q = q1 + q2 + q3.The three firms are identical, each producing using a plant that exhibits quadratic cost C(q.) = q?. What are the Cournot equilibrium quantity and prices?1. marginal costs e, = c, = c, = 20. The inverse demand function is given by P = 100 - Q. where Q = q, + 4: + 93- Consider a market with three firms (i - 1, 2, 3). which have identical a) Identify the reaction functions for each firm and compute the Cournot equilibrium, i.e., the market price and quantity. b) What happens to the market price if all three firms merge compared to part (a)?Consider an industry comprised of three identical firms faced with a linear cost function given by: C(qi) = cqi; for i = 1; 2; 3. Let inverse market demand be given by: P(Q) = a - bQ; where Q = q1 + q2 + q3.a. Compute the Cournot equilibrium; that is, find prices, quantities, and profits.b. Suppose that firms 1 and 2 merge, converting the market into a duopoly consisting of the “superfirm” and firm 3. Compute the new Cournot equilibrium. Once again find prices, quantities, and profits.c. Suppose that all three firms merge. Compute quantities, prices, and profits for the cartel solution.d. Suppose that firm 1 and 2 represent two members of OPEC – Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, say – while firm 3 is a non-OPEC oil exporting country – Russia, say. Describe the dynamics of OPEC. (Hint: re-interpret the solution to part 2, as 1 firm deviating from the fully cartelized solution. Is it convenient to have a partial cartel?)
