Two firms compete in selling identical widgets. They choose their output levels Q1 and Q2 simultaneously and

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Two firms compete in selling identical widgets. They choose their output levels Q1 and Q2 simultaneously and face the demand curve
P  30  Q
where Q  Q1  Q2. Until recently, both firms had zero marginal costs. Recent environmental regulations have increased Firm 2’s marginal cost to $15. Firm 1’s marginal cost remains constant at zero. True or false: As a result, the market price will rise to the monopoly level.
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Microeconomics

ISBN: 978-0132857123

8th edition

Authors: Robert Pindyck, Daniel Rubinfeld

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