Managerial economics homework
Name: ID: FIN 321 F2015 HW 3 Credit will only be given for answers with full work shown. Homework needs to be done in an organized manor with answers clearly labeled. This is an individual assignment and you are expected to do your own work.
1. Apple feels it is a price leader in the mobile phone market with all the other producers acting as followers. The total demand for mobile phones is given as,
P=22,500-‐5Q(T) Apple’s Marginal cost function for their mobile phone is, MC(L)= 4,450+4.25Q(L) The overall marginal cost function for the non leaders is MC(F)= 2,150+ 4.5Q(F)
A. If Apple wants to maximize profits, how many mobile phone units should they produce? How much should they charge?
B. What is the total amount of mobile phones demanded in the market at the price Apple set in the previous question? How many do the followers supply?
2. Use the following payoff matrix to analyze a game of complimentary
investments. The return in the upper right corner of each box refers to person A, the other is for person B. Person A Don’t invest Invest Don’t
invest 0 5
Person B 0 0 Invest 0 10
-‐100 20
A. Within this investment game is there a dominant strategy for either player? B. Is there a equilibrium? If so, what is it? C. What is the maxmin solution?
3. Suppose Ford and Honda are considering making electric powered cars. Their payoffs are in the table below and follow the same pattern as the previous problem.
Ford Enter Do not enter Enter -‐40 0 Honda 10 250
Do not enter
200 0 0 0
A. If Ford and Honda make their decision at the same time
what do both firms do? B. Would your answer change if the US Government provided
Ford with a $55 million dollar incentive payment to produce electric cars. Does this new information affect the outcome from part A?
4. GoPro holds a monopoly in two countries where it sells video cameras, USA and Canada. The demand functions for the two regions are,
Q(USA)=105-‐P(USA) Q(CANADA)=42.5-‐.5P(CANADA)
GoPro has a unique manufacturing process where it can produce each video camera for $20. Assume there are very strict laws that prevent the resale of the product across borders.
A. What is the price and quantity produced in both markets? B. Show that the relationship from part A also holds when evaluated with elasticities.