Two firms serve a market where demand is described by P = 120 - 5(Q1 + Q2).
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a. Suppose each firm maximizes its own profit, treating the other’s quantity as constant. Find an expression for firm 1’s optimal output as it depends on firm 2’s. In equilibrium, what common level of output will each firm supply?
b. Suppose, instead, that the firms collude in setting their outputs. What outputs should they set and why?
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Managerial economics
ISBN: 978-1118041581
7th edition
Authors: william f. samuelson stephen g. marks
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