Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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Transcribed Image Text:5. Suppose a firm has fixed cost f of setting up the production line and variable
cost e per unit of finished product. A number of firms can enter the market, and each
firm has unique product imperfectly substitutable with other products. The demand for
individual firm's product is given by
E
Pp?
where p, is the price charged by this firm and q is the quantity sold. P is the overall
price index, which depends on the umber of firms n and prices all the firms charge. It
is equal to P = EP and each individual firm takes its level as given when making
pricing decision. Firms maximize profits and the etry to the market is free. Find the
equilibrium number of firms on this market as a function of parameters f, c, o and E.
Remark 1: Note that EP.q = EP = E, thus, E represents overall expenditure
j=i
of consumers for the industry products.
Remark 2: One can derive this demand function if one assumes that consumer's
preferences are described by the Constant Elasticity of Substitution utility function:
U =
with o being the elasticity of substitution between goods.
i=1
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