For a Cournot oligopoly model with n firms facing constant marginal costs c, and market demand P = 1 - Q. where Q is the total quantity demanded in the market, the equilibrium quantity for each firm will be O (1-c)/(n+1) O (1+c)/(n+1) O (1+cn)/(n+1) O (1-cn)/(n+1)
For a Cournot oligopoly model with n firms facing constant marginal costs c, and market demand P = 1 - Q. where Q is the total quantity demanded in the market, the equilibrium quantity for each firm will be O (1-c)/(n+1) O (1+c)/(n+1) O (1+cn)/(n+1) O (1-cn)/(n+1)
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Transcribed Image Text:For a Cournot oligopoly model with n firms facing constant marginal costs c, and market demand P = 1 - Q.
where Q is the total quantity demanded in the market, the equilibrium quantity for each firm will be
O (1-c)/(n+1)
O (1+c)/(n+1)
O (1+cn)/(n+1)
O (1-cn)/(n+1)
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How does it go from qi = (1 - q1 - q2 - ... - qn - c)/2 to q = (1 - cq)/(n + 1) via the substitution in the last step?
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