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Week 11. Managerial Economics. Order of Business. Homework Assigned Lectures Other Material Lectures for Next Week. Homework-This Week. Problem 1.
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Week 11 Managerial Economics
Order of Business • Homework • Assigned Lectures • Other Material • Lectures for Next Week
Problem 1 • A monopolist has a demand function and a cost function given by the following table. How many should he produce? And what price should he sell it? And what will be his profits?
Problem 2 • Q = 420 - 10 P • There is one and only one way of producing widgets. The cost varies with the number produced at each plant.
Problem 2 • Assume initially that, by law, a firm is limited to operating one and only one plant. • What level of output minimizes average cost? Explain your answer. • Assuming that the industry is competitive, what will be the price of widgets? • c. How many will be sold? • d. How many plants/firms will produce widgets? • e. Now assume that a firm is allowed a monopoly in the production of widgets. What price will it charge? • Q = 420 - 10 P • There is one and only one way of producing widgets. The cost varies with the number produced at each plant.
Lectures for This Week • Cartels • Duopoly • The Cournot Model • A Second Cournot Example • Extending the Cournot Model • The Bertrand Model • Nash Equilibrium
Carnegie Watched the Costs and let the profits take care of themselves.
Form a Pool! • And of course, they constantly broke down!
Requires: Intel Chip Microsoft Windows
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Lectures for Next Week • Agency Problems • Expense Preference