The Lerner index at the equilibrium of the linear Cournot symmetric model is equalа-сto L (n)wherea>c, c represents marginal cost, and n represents thea+ncnumber of firms in the industry. The equilibrium quantity supplied by a firm isа-сa+nc9i =for i = 1, . . , n and the equilibrium price is p* (n) =Fromn+1n+1this it can be concluded that as n increases without bound:the individual quantity supplied decreases.the equilibrium price converges to a value greater than the marginal cost.the markup increases towards one.the total quantity in the market increases.

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The Lerner index at the equilibrium of the linear Cournot symmetric model is equal а-с to L (n) = where a>c, c represents marginal cost, and n represents the a+nc number of firms in the industry. The equilibrium quantity supplied by a firm is а-с a+nc 9i for i = 1,.., n and the equilibrium price is p* (n) || n+1 n+1. From this it can be concluded that as n increases without bound: the individual quantity supplied decreases. the equilibrium price converges to a value greater than the marginal cost. the markup increases towards one. the total quantity in the market increases.

The Lerner index at the equilibrium of the linear Cournot symmetric model is equal а-с to L (n) = where a>c, c represents marginal cost, and n represents the a+nc number of firms in the industry. The equilibrium quantity supplied by a firm is а-с a+nc 9i for i = 1,.., n and the equilibrium price is p* (n) || n+1 n+1. From this it can be concluded that as n increases without bound: the individual quantity supplied decreases. the equilibrium price converges to a value greater than the marginal cost. the markup increases towards one. the total quantity in the market increases.

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