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The Economic Way of Thinking 13th Edition by David Prychitko, Peter Boettke, Paul Heyne

Edition 13ISBN: 9780132992695
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The Economic Way of Thinking 13th Edition by David Prychitko, Peter Boettke, Paul Heyne

Edition 13ISBN: 9780132992695
Exercise 4
The marginal-cost curves of the Anchorage Aardvark Breeding Company and the Houston Aardvark Breeding Company are identical, but the demand curves they face differ, as shown in Figure 8-6.
(a) What price will each firm want to set?
(b) Suppose something happens to raise marginal cost for each firm to $20 while nothing else changes. What price will each now set?
(c) What is the relationship between elasticity of demand and the profit maximizing percentage mark-up?
The marginal-cost curves of the Anchorage Aardvark Breeding Company and the Houston Aardvark Breeding Company are identical, but the demand curves they face differ, as shown in Figure 8-6. (a) What price will each firm want to set? (b) Suppose something happens to raise marginal cost for each firm to $20 while nothing else changes. What price will each now set? (c) What is the relationship between elasticity of demand and the profit maximizing percentage mark-up?
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