4. Use the Table below: Nike and Reebok Sales. Reebok and Nike must decide whether to have a sale or not, based on the potential economic profits shown in the table. Table: Nike and Reebok Sales Reebok Sale No Sale Reebok: $5M Sale Nike Nike: $5M Reebok: $IM Nike: $30M No Sale Reebok: $30M Reebok: $20M Nike: SIM Nike: $20M a.{9} Is there a Nash equilibrium in this game? If there is what is it, and if not, why not? b. (8.5) If Nike and Reebok were to collude to maximize joint profits, what decision should each firm pursue?

2. There are probably 20 or more brands of laundry detergent in the grocery store where your family shops, Make a list of different ways in which producers try to differentiate one detergent brand from Why can some brands have prices that are much higher than the price of others and still sell well?

Costs and Revenues (dollars per room) 200 180 160 140 120 ➜ 100 80 60 40- 0 5 10 Market for Monica's Hotel 15 20 25 30 35 Quantity (rooms) 40 D₂ MC ATC MR 45 50 Multiple Choice Question Use the graph of a monopolistically competitive firm above to answer the following question. What is the amount of profit or less Monica will make at the profit maximizing price and quantity? O Profit of $2000 O Profit of $0 O Loss of $2000

1.Syukri, Iqmal and Amir run the only shop in Wang Ulu. They sell electrical goods such as televisions, washing machines, etc. However, their objectives are different from each other. Syukri wants to make as much profit as he can, Iqmal wants to sell as many goods as he can without losing money, and Amir wants to earn as much revenue as he can. The graph below illustrates their respective profits. (Note: The length of each square on the Y-axis represents RM100, and the length of each square on the X-axis represents 100 units.) What is the quantity for Syukri? A.100 B.200 C.300 D.400 E.500 F.600 G.700 H.800 I.900 J.1000   2.What is the quantity for Iqmal? A.100 B.200 C.300 D.400 E.500 F.600 G.700 H.800 I.900 J.1000   3.What is the quantity for Amir? A.100 B.200 C.300 D.400 E.500 F.600 G.700 H.800 I.900 J.1000…

The following graph shows the daily demand curve for bippitybops in Denver. Use the green rectangle (triangle symbols) to compute total revenue at various prices along the demand curve. Note: You will not be graded on any changes made to this graph. PRICE (Dollars per bippitybop) 240 220 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 8 60 40 20 0 mớ H + 0 9 18 27 36 45 54 63 72 81 QUANTITY (Bippitybops per day) * Demand 90 B 99 108 Total Revenue (?)

5. The role of brand names and advertising Which of the following statements about expenditures on advertising is true? When a firm spends a large amount of money on advertising, advertising can be construed as a signal of quality. When a firm spends a small amount of money on advertising, this signals that the quality of the good is high If a firm knows its product is of low quality, it will be willing to spend large amounts of money on advertising. Read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising. While shopping for soda, Kyoko is trying to determine whether to purchase the generic cola or the brand ZCola. Although she would not notice the difference between the two in a blind taste test, she buys the higher-priced ZCola because she has seen it advertised as being "The drink that's the life of partieZ." of advertising. This illustrates a common defense

Price You are the manager of a firm that charges customers $16 per unit for the first unit purchased, and $12 per unit for each additional unit purchased in excess of one unit. The accompanying graph summarizes your relevant demand and costs. 0 18 16 + 12 10 20 14 8 6 4 2 0 1 2 3 4 Quantity MC-AC D 5 6 7 ernal browser=0&launchUrl=https%253A%252F%252Fnewconnect.mheducation.com%252F#/activity/question-grow a. What is the economic term for your firm's pricing strategy? First degree price discrimination O Fourth degree price discrimination O Third degree price discrimination O Second degree price discrimination Seved b. Determine the profits you earn from this strategy.

5. The role of brand names and advertising Which of the following statements about expenditures on advertising is true? If a firm knows its product is of low quality, it will be willing to spend large amounts of money on advertising. O When a firm spends a small amount of money on advertising, this signals that the quality of the good is high. When a firm spends a large amount of money on advertising, advertising can be construed as a signal of quality. Read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising. Sean sees a commercial for a Brand X clothing company that depicts the wearers of the clothes out having a good time with friends. Although he doesn't particularly need new clothes, the commercial prompts him to buy a Brand X t-shirt. defense critique This illustrates a common of advertising.

2. Refer to the following graph to answer Question #1 40 35 30 25 20 16 15 12 10 5 I 10 20 MC ATC P₁ AVC P₂ P3 30 45 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 a) What is profit if the price is P1? b) What is profit if the price is P2? c) What is the profit maximizing level of output if the price falls to P3?

1. Rio live in a town with 300 adults and 200 children, and he is thinking about putting on a play to entertain your neighbors and make some money. A play has a fixed cost of $2,000 except all cost like maintenance costs until two years, but selling an extra ticket has zero marginal cost. Here are the demand schedules for his two types of customer: Price Adults Children $10 9. 100 8 200 7 300 300 300 100 4 300 200 300 200 300 200 1 300 200 300 200 c. Suppose next year government imposes tax equals $4 for selling an every extra ticket, what price would he charge for an adult ticket? For a child's ticket? How much the profit? Assume the law prohibiting him from charging different prices to different customers doesn't exist. (Hint: fixed cost doesn't include)