Show that in the model with an exogenous number of firms, the second-order conditions for profit maximum
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Show that in the model with an exogenous number of firms, the second-order conditions for profit maximum are satisfied. Show that these cost functions satisfy assumptions 5.1 and 5.2.
assumption 5.1
assumption 5.2
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Assumption 5.1 The cost function C(x,e) is twice continuously differentiable with C)>0, and for any production level x there is an emission level ex such that C(x,) = 0. Furthermore C.(xe) <0 Ve
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