Suppose that it costs $5 to produce a low-quality wallet and $6 to produce a high-quality...

 

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Suppose that it costs $5 to produce a low-quality wallet and $6 to produce a high-quality wallet, consumers cannot distinguish between the products before purchase, there are no repeat purchases, and consumers value the wallets at their cost of production. The five firms in the market produce 1,000 wallets each. Each firm produces only high-quality or low-quality wallets. Consumers pay the expected value of a wallet. Do any of the firms produce high-quality wallets? A firm will not have an incentive to produce high-quality wallets: If one firm makes a high-quality wallet, then each firm that produces low-quality wallets will earn a profit of S and the firm that makes the high-quality wallets will earn $ (Enter numeric responses using real numbers rounded to two decimal places.) Suppose that it costs $5 to produce a low-quality wallet and $6 to produce a high-quality wallet, consumers cannot distinguish between the products before purchase, there are no repeat purchases, and consumers value the wallets at their cost of production. The five firms in the market produce 1,000 wallets each. Each firm produces only high-quality or low-quality wallets. Consumers pay the expected value of a wallet. Do any of the firms produce high-quality wallets? A firm will not have an incentive to produce high-quality wallets: If one firm makes a high-quality wallet, then each firm that produces low-quality wallets will earn a profit of S and the firm that makes the high-quality wallets will earn $ (Enter numeric responses using real numbers rounded to two decimal places.)

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