Answered: 1. What do we mean by market power in…

ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

14th Edition

ISBN:9780190931919

Author:NEWNAN

Publisher:NEWNAN

Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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1. What do we mean by market power in economics? What are some ways firms can attain market power? How can we, as economists, know when a firm has "too much" market power? Give an example of a firm you think has a lot of market power.
2. Chapter 3 is all about game theory. Imagine you are in charge of pricing at a firm that has 20% market share in an industry where the leading firm has 50% market share. Imagine that the leader increases prices on their products. How do you think you would react? Why?

Definition Definition Economic decision-making framework that analyzes how different players optimize their outcomes with given pay-offs corresponding to their available strategies. The assumptions of game theory are: The number of players or competitors are finite/limited; All participants are rational The rules of the game are known to every player; and Each participant has a finite set of actions. A common way in which game theory is presented as an ( m x n ) matrix in which m represents the strategies of row player and n represents the strategies of column player. There are several limitations of game theory: Many businesses have a large number of competitors, and selecting an optimal strategy in these circumstances is difficult; Real-life business operating environments are full of uncertainty and difficult to model as a game theory; and The assumption of rationality and utility maximization isn't always an accurate portrayal of human nature.

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