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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"> <body class="calibre"> <p class="block_">Unit 8 Assignment: Oligopoly and Monopolistic Competition and Product Differentiation</p> <p class="block_1"><b class="calibre2">Name: <span class="tab"> </span></b><b class="calibre2"><span class="tab"> </span>-</b></p> <p class="block_2">Course Number:<span class="tab"> </span>-</p> <p class="block_2">Section Number:<span class="tab"> </span>-</p> <p class="block_1"><b class="calibre2">Unit Number:<span class="tab"> </span>- </b><b class="calibre2">8</b></p> <p class="block_1"><b class="calibre2">Date:<span class="tab"> </span></b><b class="calibre2"><span class="tab"> </span></b><b class="calibre2"><span class="tab"> </span>-</b><b class="calibre2"><span class="tab"> </span></b></p> <p class="block_3"> </p> <p class="block_3"> </p> <p class="block_4">Problem</p> <p class="block_3"> </p> <p class="block_5">Dr. Fine and Dr. Feelgood are the only two medical doctors offering immediate walk-in medical services in the town of Springfield. That is, they operate in a duopoly. Each doctor can charge either a high price or a low price for a standard medical visit. The accompanying matrix shows their payoffs, in profits per patient (in dollars), for any choice that the two doctors can make.</p> <p class="block_6"></p> <ol class="list_"> <li class="block_7">Suppose the two doctors play a one-shot game—that is, they interact only once and never again. What will be the Nash (non-cooperative) equilibrium in this one-shot game?<br class="calibre4"/> </li> <li class="block_8">Now suppose the two doctors play this game twice. Also, suppose each doctor can play one of two strategies: it can play either “always charge the low price” or “tit for tat”— that is, it starts off charging the high price in the first period, and then in the second period it does whatever the other doctor did in the previous period. Write down the payoffs to Dr. Fine from the following four possibilities:</li> </ol> <p class="block_3"> </p> <ol class="list_1"> <li class="block_9">Dr. Fine plays “always charge the low price” when Dr. Feelgood also plays “always charge the low price.”</li> </ol> <p class="block_10"> </p> <table class="table_"> <tbody class="calibre5"><tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_" colspan="2"><p class="block_11">FIRST Period</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_11">Payoffs</p></td> <td class="td_" colspan="2"><p class="block_11">SECOND Period</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_11">Payoffs</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_11">TOTAL Payoffs</p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_1"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_2"><p class="block_11">Charges</p><p class="block_13">(high or low)</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_3"> </p></td> <td class="td_3"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_4"><p class="block_11">Charges</p><p class="block_13">(high or low)</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_3"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_3"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_1"><p class="block_11">Fine</p></td> <td class="td_2"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_3"><p class="block_11">Fine</p></td> <td class="td_4"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_5"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_1"><p class="block_11">Feelgood</p></td> <td class="td_2"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_3"><p class="block_11">Feelgood</p></td> <td class="td_4"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="block_14"> </p> <p class="block_10"> </p> <ol class="list_1"> <li class="block_15" value="2">Dr. Fine plays “always charge the low price” when Dr. Feelgood plays “tit for tat.”</li> </ol> <p class="block_10"> </p> <table class="table_1"> <tbody class="calibre5"><tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_" colspan="2"><p class="block_11">FIRST Period</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_11">Payoffs</p></td> <td class="td_" colspan="2"><p class="block_11">SECOND Period</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_11">Payoffs</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_11">TOTAL Payoffs</p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_6"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_7"><p class="block_11">Charges</p><p class="block_13">(high or low)</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_3"> </p></td> <td class="td_8"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_9"><p class="block_11">Charges</p><p class="block_13">(high or low)</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_3"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_3"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_6"><p class="block_11">Fine</p></td> <td class="td_7"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_8"><p class="block_11">Fine</p></td> <td class="td_9"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_5"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_6"><p class="block_11">Feelgood</p></td> <td class="td_7"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_8"><p class="block_11">Feelgood</p></td> <td class="td_9"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="block_10"> </p> <p class="block_10"> </p> <ol class="list_1"> <li class="block_15" value="3">Dr. Fine plays “tit for tat” when Dr. Feelgood plays “always charge the low price.”</li> </ol> <p class="block_10"> </p> <table class="table_1"> <tbody class="calibre5"><tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_" colspan="2"><p class="block_11">FIRST Period</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_11">Payoffs</p></td> <td class="td_" colspan="2"><p class="block_11">SECOND Period</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_11">Payoffs</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_11">TOTAL Payoffs</p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_10"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_7"><p class="block_11">Charges</p><p class="block_13">(high or low)</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_3"> </p></td> <td class="td_8"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_9"><p class="block_11">Charges</p><p class="block_13">(high or low)</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_3"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_3"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_10"><p class="block_11">Fine</p></td> <td class="td_7"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_8"><p class="block_11">Fine</p></td> <td class="td_9"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_5"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_10"><p class="block_11">Feelgood</p></td> <td class="td_7"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_8"><p class="block_11">Feelgood</p></td> <td class="td_9"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="block_10"> </p> <p class="block_10"> </p> <ol class="list_1"> <li class="block_15" value="4">Dr. Fine plays “tit for tat” when Dr. Feelgood also plays “tit for tat.”</li> </ol> <p class="block_16"> </p> <table class="table_1"> <tbody class="calibre5"><tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_" colspan="2"><p class="block_11">FIRST Period</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_11">Payoffs</p></td> <td class="td_" colspan="2"><p class="block_11">SECOND Period</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_11">Payoffs</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_11">TOTAL Payoffs</p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_10"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_7"><p class="block_11">Charges</p><p class="block_13">(high or low)</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_3"> </p></td> <td class="td_8"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_9"><p class="block_11">Charges</p><p class="block_13">(high or low)</p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_3"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_3"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_10"><p class="block_11">Fine</p></td> <td class="td_7"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_8"><p class="block_11">Fine</p></td> <td class="td_9"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_5"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_10"><p class="block_11">Feelgood</p></td> <td class="td_7"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_8"><p class="block_11">Feelgood</p></td> <td class="td_9"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> <td class="td_"><p class="block_12"> </p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="block_3"> </p> <p class="block_3"> </p> <ol class="list_"> <li class="block_7" value="3">“In the long run, there is no difference between monopolistic competition and perfect competition.” </li> </ol> <p class="block_17"> </p> <p class="block_5"><span class="text_">Discuss</span> whether this statement is true, false or ambiguous with respect to each of the criteria listed under a, b, c, and d. Justify your answers. </p> <p class="block_3"> </p> <p class="block_18"><b class="calibre7">a. </b>The price charged to consumers</p> <p class="block_14"> </p> <p class="block_18"><b class="calibre7">b. </b>The average total cost of production</p> <p class="block_14"> </p> <p class="block_18"><b class="calibre7">c. </b>The efficiency of the market outcome</p> <p class="block_14"> </p> <p class="block_18"><b class="calibre7">d. </b>The typical firm’s profit in the long run</p> <p class="block_19"> </p> <p class="block_20">---------------------</p> <p class="block_20">References:</p> <p class="block_21"> </p> <table class="table_2"> <tbody class="calibre5"><tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_11" colspan="3"><p class="block_22">Microeconomics: Unit 8 Assignment: Game Theory and Perfect Competition and monopolistic competition in the Long run </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_12"><p class="block_23"><b class="calibre7">Content</b> (15 points)</p></td> <td class="td_13"><p class="block_24">Points Possible</p></td> <td class="td_14"><p class="block_24">Points Earned</p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_15"><p class="block_25"><b class="calibre2">Game Theory</b>Correctly calculated the non-cooperative Nash equilibrium for one-shot game. </p></td> <td class="td_16"><p class="block_26">3</p></td> <td class="td_17"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_15"><p class="block_23">Two-shot game with two strategies: “always charge the low price” or “tit for tat”. </p><p class="block_23">Find <span id="id_GoBack" class="calibre8">payoffs to Dr. Fine when:</span></p><ul class="list_2"> <li class="block_28">Dr. Fine plays “always charge the low price” when Dr. Feelgood also plays “always charge the low price.” (a)</li> <li class="block_29">Dr. Fine plays “always charge the low price” when Dr. Feelgood plays “tit for tat.”</li> <li class="block_29">Dr. Fine plays “tit for tat” when Dr. Feelgood plays “always charge the low price.”</li> <li class="block_29">Dr. Fine plays “tit for tat” when Dr. Feelgood also plays “tit for tat.”</li> </ul></td> <td class="td_16"><p class="block_26">4</p></td> <td class="td_17"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_15"><p class="block_23"><span class="calibre9">Considering the following statement: “In the long run, there is no difference between monopolistic competition and perfect competition.” discussed whether the following would be determined to be true, false, or ambiguous (justify your answers):</span></p><ul class="list_2"> <li class="block_30">The price charged to consumers</li> <li class="block_31">The average total cost of production</li> <li class="block_31">The efficiency of the market outcome</li> <li class="block_31">The typical firm’s profit in the long run</li> </ul></td> <td class="td_16"><p class="block_26">8</p></td> <td class="td_17"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_18"><p class="block_23"><b class="calibre7">Analysis</b> (6 points) </p></td> <td class="td_19"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> <td class="td_20"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_15"><p class="block_23">Work demonstrates synthesis of concepts, research, and experience</p></td> <td class="td_16"><p class="block_26">2</p></td> <td class="td_17"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_15"><p class="block_23">Work demonstrates the student’s ability to tie relevant information to real-life applications. </p></td> <td class="td_16"><p class="block_26">2</p></td> <td class="td_17"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_15"><p class="block_23">Analysis exceeds basic comprehension to demonstrate higher-order thinking.</p></td> <td class="td_16"><p class="block_26">2</p></td> <td class="td_17"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_18"><p class="block_23"><b class="calibre7">Writing</b> (4 points)</p></td> <td class="td_19"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> <td class="td_20"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_15"><p class="block_23">Correct use of APA 6<sup class="calibre10">th</sup> edition format, all sources used to support the paper are referenced</p></td> <td class="td_16"><p class="block_26">2</p></td> <td class="td_17"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_15"><p class="block_23">Sentences are clear, concise, and direct; tone is appropriate, spelling, grammar, and punctuation are correct.</p></td> <td class="td_16"><p class="block_26">2</p></td> <td class="td_17"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> </tr> <tr class="calibre6"> <td class="td_21"><p class="block_22">Total </p></td> <td class="td_22"><p class="block_24">25</p></td> <td class="td_23"><p class="block_27"> </p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="block_21"> </p> </body></html> ">
