Your pharmaceutical firm is seeking to open up new international markets by partnering with various distributors. The different distribution within a country are stronger with different market segments (hospitals, retail pharmacies, etc.) but also have substantial overlap. A. In Egypt, you calculate that the annual value created by one distributor is $60 millions per year, but would be $80 millions if two distributors carried your product line. How much of the value can you expect to capture? B. Argentina also has two distributors with values similar to those in Egypt, but both are run by the government. How does this affect the amount you could capture? C. In Argentina a, if you do not reach an agreement with the government

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The Netherlands abolished its patent system in 1869. What did subsequent innovation in the Netherlands teach us about patents? Since more low-income households started inventing, patents must be an exclusive institution Since fewer women were inventing, patents are an inclusive institution Patents aren't necessary for innovation, but they can affect the types of innovation we get. Without patents, societies become stagnant

A drug company produces a new drug to treat baldness. The inverse demand curve for the drug is P = 205 - 200, where Q measures the number of pills in millions. The various costs of production are given by TC = 100 +5Q, ATC = 5 + 100/Q, and MC = 5. If the government grants this firm a patent, it will earn profits of ___________. If the government revokes the patent, and the firm must sell its drug at marginal cost because of competition, it will earn profits or losses of $600 million; $500,000 $70 million; -$25 million $2 billion; $0 $400 million; -$100 million

4. Imagine a market with demand P = 420 – Q in each period. Two firms are thinking about colluding. They each have cost C(Qi) = 60Qi. If they cooperate and behave as a monopoly, then they have a marginal revenue curve, MRm = 420 – 2Q, and a marginal cost curve, MCm = 60. If they are in a cartel, then the firms will split the monopoly production and profits. If they compete, then they face MRi = 420 – 2Qi – Q-I and MCi = 60. a. If the firms stick to their agreement (cooperate), how much per-period profit do they each make? b. If they are not able to maintain their agreement (compete), what is their per-period profit? c. If one firm cheats on their agreement (deviate), how much does each firm make? Be sure to specify both the profit for the cheater and the firm cheated-on. d. Suppose the firms assume that their interaction will last forever (r = 1) and they share the common discount value R. What is the lowest value of R such that both firms are willing to continue with the cartel…

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Patent for NoSmak. A potential new drug. NoSmak, cures lip-smacking with one dose, but research and development would cost $50 million. The monopoly profit (earned while a single firm produces the product) will be $5 million per year. After a patent expires, the original developer of the drug will have sufficient brand loyalty to earn $2 million per year for another 10 years. a. What is the shortest patent length required to induce a firm to develop the drug? years. (Enter your response as an integer)

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15. All the following statements regarding the holding of the WTO dispute settlement body in United States - Measures Affecting Cross-Border Supply of Gambling and Betting Services are true exceptA. The dispute settlement body authorized Antigua to retaliate against the United States by violating the intellectual property rights of U.S. companiesB. The United States refused to comply with the dispute settlement bodys opinionC. Antigua claimed that the U.S. restriction on cross-border trade in on-line gambling and betting services violated the commitment to normal trade relations contained within GATSD. Antigua claimed that the U.S. restriction on cross-border trade in on-line gambling and betting services violated the commitment to national treatment contained within GATS

#7. Your company sells widgets. There is only one other firm in the market: Bear Widgets. Demand for your product depends upon your price, your quantity, and the price that Bear Widgets charges (Pgear). You think that Bear Widgets will either charge $10 or $20. What should you do if their price will be $20? Demand: P = 50 – Q + 0.5P3ear Marginal costs: MC = 2Q %3D a. Produce Q = 20 b. Produce Q = 18.33 c. Produce Q = 16.67 d. Produce Q = 15 %3D e. Produce Q = 13.75