Microeconomics
21st Edition
ISBN: 9781259915727
Author: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 9DQ
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How monopolistic competition differs from pure competition.
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Suppose that Firm A and Firm B are independently deciding whether to sell at a low price or a high price. The payoff matrix below
shows the profits per year for each company resulting from the two price options.
Firm B High Price
Firm B Low Price
$5 million
$2 million
$3 million
$1 million
$4 million
$5 million
$2 million
$3 million
a. Does Firm A have a dominant strategy?
O The dominant strategy for Firm A is a low price.
O The dominant strategy for Firm A is a high price.
O No, there is no dominant strategy for Firm A.
b. Does Firm B have a dominant strategy?
O The dominant strategy for Firm B is a high price.
The dominant strategy for Firm B is a low price.
O No, there is no dominant strategy for Firm B.
c. What are the Nash equilibria in this game?
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2 Firm A charges…
Team 2 plays A Team 2 plays B
Team 1 plays A
0, 24
10, 10
Team 1 plays B
4, 4
24, 0
Consider the infinitely repeated version of the game above. Which of the following is
the smallest discount factor such that the grim trigger strategy under which team 1
plays A and team 2 plays B until a team deviates, after which team 1 plays B forever
and team 2 plays A forever is a Nash Equilibrium?
O 1/2
O3/4
O 1/100
Suppose that Firm A and Firm B are independently deciding whether to sell at a low price or a high price. The payoff matrix below
shows the profits per year for each company resulting from the two price options.
Firm B High Price
Firm B Low Price
$5 million
$2 million
$3 million
$1 million
$4 million
$5 million
$2 million
$3 million
a. Does Firm A have a dominant strategy?
O The dominant strategy for Firm A is a low price.
O No, there is no dominant strategy for Firm A.
O The dominant strategy for Firm A is a high price.
b. Does Firm B have a dominant strategy?
O The dominant strategy for Firm B is a low price.
O The dominant strategy for Firm B is a high price.
O No, there is no dominant strategy for Firm B.
Firm A Low Price Firm A High Price
Chapter 14 Solutions
Microeconomics
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