Many cities in southeast Michigan are struggling with financial problems due to current economic conditions. At the same time, southeast Michigan is having one of the worst winters on record for snowfall amounts and hazardous road conditions. Which of the following unresolved problems would be a direct result of these two factors? a. city workers working longer hours to keep up with the snowfall amounts b. more city workers than the current financial budget can afford c. less city workers to plow the streets causing an increase in the number of car accidents during the winter months d. an increase in the number of damaged snow plows Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D

Consider a two-firm industry. firm 1 (the incumbent) chooses a level of output q1. firm 2 (the potential entrant) observes q1 and then chooses its level of output q2. the demand for the product is p = 100 - q, where q is the total output sold by the two firms which equals q1 +q2. assume that the marginal cost of each firm is zero. a) find the subgame perfect equilibrium levels of q1 and q2 keeping in mind that firm 1 chooses q1 first and firm 2 observes q1 and chooses its q2. find the profits of the two firms-? 1 and ? 2- in the subgame perfect equilibrium. how do these numbers differ from the cournot equilibrium? b) for what level of q1 would firm 2 be deterred from entering? would a rational firm 1 have an incentive to choose this level of q1? which entry condition does this market have: blockaded, deterred, or accommodated? now suppose that firm 2 has to incur a fixed cost of entry, f > 0. c) for what values of f will entry be blockaded? d) find out the entry deterring level of q1, denoted by q1b, as a function of f. next, derive the expression for firm 1

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