(a) Assume that both firms sell to both types of consumers and they each charge a single price to both types of consumers. Specify the demand function that each firm faces. Confirm that each firm's demand function is decreasing in its own price and is increasing in the rival's price. (b) If the firms simultaneously choose prices, what prices are they going to choose in a Nash equilibrium? (c) Now suppose that tp profits. 20 and te 10. Find each firm's market share and its
(a) Assume that both firms sell to both types of consumers and they each charge a single price to both types of consumers. Specify the demand function that each firm faces. Confirm that each firm's demand function is decreasing in its own price and is increasing in the rival's price. (b) If the firms simultaneously choose prices, what prices are they going to choose in a Nash equilibrium? (c) Now suppose that tp profits. 20 and te 10. Find each firm's market share and its
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