• Question #21: Consider a Leader-Follower duopoly, the firms face an (inverse) demand function: Pb 618 - 25 Qb. The marginal cost for firm 1 (The Leader) is given by mcl = 18 Q. The marginal cost for firm 2 (The Follower) is given by mc2 = 8 Q. %3D How much consumer surplus is created by industry transactions ? (Assume firm 1 has a fixed cost of $ 415 and firm 2 has a fixed cost of $ 608 .)

• Question #21: Consider a Leader-Follower duopoly, the firms face an (inverse) demand function: Pb 618 - 25 Qb. The marginal cost for firm 1 (The Leader) is given by mcl = 18 Q. The marginal cost for firm 2 (The Follower) is given by mc2 = 8 Q. %3D How much consumer surplus is created by industry transactions ? (Assume firm 1 has a fixed cost of $ 415 and firm 2 has a fixed cost of $ 608 .)

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