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Demand for cigarettes in the United States is well described by the equation: P = $10.00 - Q/6, where Q is designated in billions of packs sold per year. Marginal costs in the industry (including significant government taxes) average about $6.00 per pack, and total industry fixed costs are estimated at $12 billion per year. a. Critics of the industry charge that the two dominant manufacturers are effectively charging the monopoly price. Determine industry total output and price under a monopoly. Accounting for fixed costs, what is the resulting industry profit? b. Some years ago, the cigarette industry joined with the government in a settlement of health liability claims. Under the agreement, the industry would limit advertising and pay the equivalent of about $10 billion per year for smoking-related state Medicaid expenses. Can the industry survive this settlement? c. Anti-smoking information campaigns in various states have had significant success in reducing smoking. What price reaction (if any) to such campaigns would you expect by the cigarette companies? (Discuss the qualitative impact of anti-smoking information campaigns. No calculations are required). Explain. Demand for cigarettes in the United States is well described by the equation: P = $10.00 - Q/6, where Q is designated in billions of packs sold per year. Marginal costs in the industry (including significant government taxes) average about $6.00 per pack, and total industry fixed costs are estimated at $12 billion per year. a. Critics of the industry charge that the two dominant manufacturers are effectively charging the monopoly price. Determine industry total output and price under a monopoly. Accounting for fixed costs, what is the resulting industry profit? b. Some years ago, the cigarette industry joined with the government in a settlement of health liability claims. Under the agreement, the industry would limit advertising and pay the equivalent of about $10 billion per year for smoking-related state Medicaid expenses. Can the industry survive this settlement? c. Anti-smoking information campaigns in various states have had significant success in reducing smoking. What price reaction (if any) to such campaigns would you expect by the cigarette companies? (Discuss the qualitative impact of anti-smoking information campaigns. No calculations are required). Explain.

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To address these questions well need to apply some basic principles of economics a Monopolists maximize their profit by setting the quantity where mar... View the full answer