Question: Consider the same supply chain setting as in Practice Problem 3 in the Newsvendor lecture. The wholesaler buys newspapers from the publisher and distribute them

Consider the same supply chain setting as in Practice Problem 3 in the Newsvendor lecture.
The wholesaler buys newspapers from the publisher and distribute them to local newsstands.
The wholesaler then sells the newspaper to the local newsvendors at 80 cents per newspaper,
and the local newsvendors sell the newspaper to the final customer at 1 dollar each. The
wholesaler wants to induce the newsvendor to purchase more newspapers, and thus agree to
buy back unsold newspapers at a price of $0.50/newspaper. What is the optimal service level
for the local newsvendor now?

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