Microeconomic Theory
Microeconomic Theory
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ISBN: 9781337517942
Author: NICHOLSON
Publisher: Cengage
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b)

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Output and profit of each firm is to be determined.

c)

To determine

Graphical representation of Nash equilibrium and isoprofit is to be determined.

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Consider the following static game with two firms as the players. Each firm must decide either to upgrade (U) an existing good to a new version; or not upgrade it (N). The decisions are simultaneous. If a firm chooses to upgrade, they have to pay a fixed cost of 7. If they don’t upgrade, there is no fixed cost. The marginal cost is always equal to 3. The demand side of the market is as follows: If neither firm upgrades, each firm sells 2 units at price 4. If both firms upgrade, each firm sells 3 units at price 5. If only one firm upgrades, the one who upgrades sells 5 units at price 5, and the other firm does not sell anything.
Two identical firms each have a cost function TC = 2y2 and the market demand for their output is P = -4Q+192a) Write the “best response” function for each firm.b) Find the Nash equilibrium in this model c) Show that if each firm produces 1 fewer units than the result in (b), both firms make more profit. Use this information to construct a normal form game. Explain why this game is a prisoner’s dilemma.
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