Answer:
The correct answer that fills the gap is: Cartels generate the highest joint profit, they want to avoid a price war that leads to profit erosion and P=MC, a cournot oligopoly will generate more profit than a bertrand oligopoly
Explanation:
In Bertrand's model, consumers will buy the goods of the company that offers the lowest price. From this it can be intuited that the Nash equilibrium will be the one in which both companies set the same price. For this reason it is not attractive, since they are competition and for some of the two it may not be profitable to decrease the sale price of their products.
Answer:
The correct answer is:
True
Explanation:
The business cycle is a model that let see how the GDP of a country changes through time. Business cycle is classified in four different stages peak, trough, contraction, and expansion. These kind of fluctuations normally occur in the trade, production and all the economic activity of a country. The business cycle refers to the changes or fluctuations that can be experienced in the economic model measured by the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and it is reflected in the increases or decreases in economy.
Answer:
Explanation:
C(q) = 100+10q-q^2+(1/3)q^3
To find the firm marginal cost function:
Take the derivative with respect to q
MC = 10 - 2q + q^2
Assuming that the market price is p , then the profit maximising condition is:
MR = MC
p = 10 - 2q + q^2
The short-run supply curve is the marginal cost curve that lies above the average variable cost.
The average variable cost is:
AVC =VC/Q
AVC = (10q-q^2+(1/3)q^3)/Q
AVC = 10 - q + (1/3)*q^2
So, the short-run supply curve is:
SRS = 10 - 2q + q^2 if p > 10 - q + (1/3)*q^2
Answer:
B) diminishing marginal utility
Explanation:
The law of Diminishing marginal utility states that utility falls as consumption increases.
The law of demand states that the higher the price, the lower the quantity demanded and the lower the price, the higher the quantity demanded.
Because of diminishing marginal utility, consumption can be encouraged by reducing price.
As utility falls, consumers would be unwilling to buy more goods at the same price, therefore it would be reasonable to reduce price to encourage consumption.
Answer:
Units transferred out = 760
Explanation:
If we assume that all units are completed in the order of arrival i.e (FIFO), then the units transferred out is the sum of the opening inventory and the units started and completed in the period. The units started and completed in the period is referred to fully-worked.
Fully worked is computed as the units started in the period less the closing inventory .
Fully- worked = 800 - 240 = 560
The units transferred out = opening inventory + Fully-worked
= 200 + 560 = 760
Units transferred out = 760
Note we assumed that the units of the inventory( started last period i.e January) would be worked on first in the month of February before any other units. So, it is assumed completed by the end of February
