Tom Jackson has been running a successful steakhouse that specializes in serving scale steak dinners. His current marketing campaign targets residential useholds. Recently, it was announced that a new conference hotel was to open ar his steakhouse, bringing in many potential business customers. Speculation lowed that Morton's steakhouse-an upscale steakhouse chain currently marketing business customers nationallywas considering opening one of its restaurants near e new hotel and would therefore compete with Tom's restaurant. In light of the tential threat from Morton's, Tom began considering the possibility of making a mificant investment to change his marketing campaign and target businesses ther than households. In doing so, he estimated the following profit outcomes (in ousands of dollars) resulting from the strategies that he and Mortons might plement:
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- 3. Suppose Microsoft is selling the two products to the individuals below with their willingness to pay for each item as in the table. Suppose the costs of producing each item is $10 for both products. Find the maximum profit of Microsoft if it can sell with either unit pricing, pure or mixed bundle prices for these items. TIT Word Processor Spreadsheet Alice 20 10 Ben 40 30 Chris 80 70 Daniel 60 50Assuming you are the managing director of a firm that produces three goods: A, Band C. The price elasticity of demand for A is 1.2, for B it is 1.00 and for C it is 0.75.It is known that he firm is experiencing serious cash flow problems and you have toincrease total revenue as soon as possible. If you were in a position to set the pricesfor these goods, what would be your pricing strategy for each product4. You are the manager of a firm that produces products X and Y at zero cost. Youknow that different types of consumers value your two products differently, but you are unable toidentify these consumers individually at the time of the sale. In particular, you know there arethree types of consumers (100 of each type) with the following valuations for the two products: Consumer Type Product X Product Y1 $90 $ 602 $70 $1403 $40 $160 a. What are your profits if you charge $40 for product X and $60 for product Y?b. What are your profits if you charge $90 for product X and $160 for product Y?c. What are your profits if you charge $150 for a bundle containing one unit of product X andone unit of product Y?d. What are your profits if you charge $210 for a bundle containing one unit of X and one unit ofY, but also sell the…
- 1. Suppose you are the economic adviser ofa company producing three brands of mobile pnones;Nokia 10, Samsung X and iPhone 7. Suppose further that, your company currently sells 120units of iPhone Z at e800 per unit, 150 units of Samsung X at e800 per unit and 200 units ofNokia 10 at e100 per unit, but in a bid to maximize profit, the company's managing directorproposes an increase in price of Samsung X from e800 to e1000 per unit for which quantitydemanded is anticipated to fall from 150 to 100 units; iPhone Z from e800 to e 1200 per unitfor which quantity demanded is anticipated to fall from 120 to 100 units; and Nokia 10 from100 to 200 per unit for which quantity demanded is expected to fall from 200 to 100 unitsUsing the mid-polint formula. compute the price elasticity of demand for each brand.From your answer in i, what is the type and economic interpretatiom of each brand'sii.value of elasticity.2. Briefly explain any three key features of a Perfect Competitive and a Monopolistic…Think about firms such as the Coca Cola Company and PepsiCo who competeagainst each other in the monopolistically competitive market for soft drinks. Eachfirm produces a unique product, but each of these unique products is to some extenta substitute for the soft drinks produced by rival companies.Now imagine a situation where the firms within such a market are facing suchextreme competition that they are unable to make an operating profit. Characterisethis situation diagrammatically and explain what will happen to the market, payingparticular attention to the exit or entry of firms out of (or into) the market.MN 00 25 Price %24 Question 42 of 60 > For the monopolistically competitive firm in the following figure, the profit-maximizing price is and the quantity is MC ATC 20. 16 Demand MR 40 Quantity O $20: 25 O $16: 25 O $32; 25 O $20; 40 10:55 PM 74 F 12/12/2021 Ins prt sc delete home 12 Oy 114 dn 6d pue 144 91 & backspace wnu lock 5. 7. 4. home 6d T. enter H. pause ↑ shift 2. LE ctrl alt Sut
- 4. Is monopolistic competition efficient? Suppose that a company operates in the monopolistically competitive market for electric razors. The following graph shows the demand curve, marginal revenue (MR) curve, marginal cost (MC) curve, and average total cost (ATC) curve for the firm. Itranscript Place a black point (plus symbol) on the graph to indicate the long-run monopolistically competitive equilibrium price and quantity for this firm. Next, place a grey point (star symbol) to indicate the minimum average total cost the firm faces and the quantity associated with that cost. PRICE (Dollars per razor) 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 MC + 10 Itranscript O True ATC O False MR Itranscript 20 30 40 50 60 70 QUANTITY (Thousands of razors) 80 Demand 90 100 Itranscript Because this market is monopolistically competitive, you can tell that it is in long-run equilibrium by the fact that at the optimal quantity for each firm. Further, a monopolistically competitive firm's average total…5. How short-run profit or losses induce entry or exit Citrus Scooters is a company that manufactures electric scooters in a monopolistically competitive market. The following graph shows the demand curve, marginal revenue curve (MR), marginal cost curve (MC), and average total cost curve (ATC) for Citrus. Place the black point (plus symbol) on the graph to indicate the short-run profit-maximizing price and quantity for this monopolistically competitive company. Then, use the green rectangle (triangle symbols) to shade the area representing the company's profit or loss. PRICE (Depar 500 450 350 300 250 300 150 100 MC 50 50 100 ATC MR Demand 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 QUANTITY (Scooters) +- Monopolically Comp Profit or Lasa ▼profit, which means there are Given the profit-maximizing choice of output and price, Citrus Scooters is earning sellers in the industry relative to the long-run equilibrium amount. Now consider the long run in which scooter manufacturers are free to enter and…$19 16 13 10 0 100 Multiple Choice O MC O O O 160 180 210 Quantity MR Refer to the diagram for a monopolistically competitive firm in short-run equilibrium. If this firm is currently producing and selling 210 units of output, we can conclude that this firm ATC Is maximizing economic profits. D Is earning economic profits that could be increased by raising price and lowering output. Is breaking even, but could earn profits by raising price and lowering output. Is earning economic profits that could be increased by lowering price and raising output.
- 7. The table below shows the annual profits of two UK paint manufacturers. At present they both charge £20.00 per litre for gloss paint. Their annual profits are shown in box A. The other boxes show the effects on their profits of one or the other, or both firms reducing their price to £16.00 per litre. £20.00 Fenton's price i. ii. £16.00 A B £20.00 £6m each Mellow's price £9m for Fenton £3m for Mellow с £16.00 £3m for Fenton £9m for Mellow £4m each (a) Which of the two prices should Mellow charge if it assumes that Fenton will set its price at £20?. it assumes that Fenton will set its price at £16? ... (b) Which of the two prices should Fenton charge if i. ii. it assumes that Mellow will set its price at £20? it assumes that Mellow will set its price at £16? (c) Why is this known as a dominant strategy game? £20.00/£16.00 £20.00/£16.00 £20.00/£16.00 £20.00/£16.00 (d) Assume now that the 'game' between Fenton and Mellow has been played for some time with the result that they both learn…5. How short-run profit or losses induce entry or exit Citrus Scooters is a company that manufactures electric scooters in a monopolistically competitive market. The following graph shows the demand curve, marginal revenue curve (MR), marginal cost curve (MC), and average total cost curve (ATC) for Citrus. Place the black point (plus symbol) on the graph to indicate the short-run profit-maximizing price and quantity for this monopolistically competitive company. Then, use the green rectangle (triangle symbols) to shade the area representing the company's profit or loss. ? PRICE (Dollars per scooter) 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 0 MC 50 100 ATC MR Demand 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 QUANTITY (Scooters) Monopolistically Competitive Outcome Given the profit-maximizing choice of output and price, Citrus Scooters is earning Profit or Loss sellers in the industry relative to the long-run equilibrium amount. profit, which means there are3. There are two chicken fried steak restaurants operating in a small west Texas town: Cow Tipper Café and Steak to the Heart Diner. Once a month they have to send their new menus to the printer when they have to decide on whether or not to charge a high price or a low price for a chicken fried steak dinner. Once their menus are printed, they can't change their pricing. Since the two restaurants use separate printing companies, each restaurant's pricing decision remains secret until the printed menus are delivered. The payoff matrix for the restaurants is below; the first entry in each cell is Cow Tipper Café's daily profit and the second entry is Steak to the Heart Diner's daily profit. Cow Tipper Café High Price Low Price Steak to the Heart Diner Low Price $350, $300 $450, $400 High Price $500, $350 $375, $475 a. What market structure do these two firms operate in? Explain your answer. b. If Steak to the Heart Diner chooses a high price, what pricing option is better for Cow Tipper…