Consider two firms that produce the same good and compete setting quantities. The firms face a...

 

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Consider two firms that produce the same good and compete setting quantities. The firms face a linear demand curve given by P(Q) = 1- Q, where the Q is the total quantity offered by the firms. The cost function for each of the firms is c(q) = cqi, where 0 < c < 1 and qi is the quantity offered by the firm i = 1,2. Find the Nash equilibrium output choices of the firms, as well as the total output and the price, and calculate the output and the welfare loss compared to the competitive outcome. How would the answer change if the firms compete setting prices? What can we conclude about the relationship between competition and the number of firms? Consider two firms that produce the same good and compete setting quantities. The firms face a linear demand curve given by P(Q) = 1- Q, where the Q is the total quantity offered by the firms. The cost function for each of the firms is c(q) = cqi, where 0 < c < 1 and qi is the quantity offered by the firm i = 1,2. Find the Nash equilibrium output choices of the firms, as well as the total output and the price, and calculate the output and the welfare loss compared to the competitive outcome. How would the answer change if the firms compete setting prices? What can we conclude about the relationship between competition and the number of firms?