Microeconomic Theory
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Author: NICHOLSON
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.2P
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To determine
To determine profit maximising
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To determine
Nash
c)
To determine
Nash
d)
To determine
Nash equilibrium quantities for
e)
To determine
To show monopoly outcome from part (a) can be reproduced in part (d) by setting
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Suppose that firms’ marginal and average costs are constant and equal to c and that inverse market demand is given by P = a – bQ, where a, b > 0
(a) Calculate the profit-maximizing quantity-price combination and for a monopolist.
(b) Calculate the Nash equilibrium quantities for Cournot duopolists, which choose quantities and for their identical products simultaneously. Also compute market output and market price.
(c) Calculate the perfectly competitive equilibrium price and market output.
(d) Suppose now that there are n identical firms in a Cournot model (oligopoly). Compute the Nash equilibrium quantities as functions of n. Also compute market output and market price.
(e) Verify (i) that the monopoly outcome from part (a) can be reproduced in part (d) by setting n = 1;
(ii) that the duopoly outcome from part (b) can be reproduced in part (d) by setting n = 2;
(iii) that letting n approach infinity yields the same market price and output as…
Suppose that firms’ marginal and average costs are constant
and equal to c and that inverse market demand is given by
P = a – bQ, where a, b> 0.
a. Calculate the profit-maximizing price-quantity combi-
nation for a monopolist. Also calculate the monopolist's
profit.
b. Calculate the Nash equilibrium quantities for Cournot
duopolists, which choose quantities for their identical
products simultaneously. Also compute market output,
market price, and firm and industry profits.
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