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We study a two-stage duopoly game, where, at the first stage, firms choose if adopting or not a social responsibility label. The firm who adopts the social responsibility label (the ethical firm) has high marginal costs, while the firm who doesn’t adopt it (the standard firm), supports low marginal costs. After the first stage, each firm knows the choice made by its rival and, at the second stage of the game, chooses prices. Consumers are divided into two groups: the group of consumers who prefers buying the good by the ethical firm and the group of consumers who prefers buying the good by the lowest price firm. Depending on the ...
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ffered under different brands by competing firms, products fulfilling the same need typically do not have identical features. The differentiation of goods along key features and minor details is an important strategy for firms to defend their price from levelling down to the bottom part of the price spectrum. Within firms, product differentiation is the way multi-product firms build their own supplied products' range. At market level, differentiation is the way through which the quality of goods is improved over time thanks to innovation . ...
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Short-run equilibrium of the firm under monopolistic competition. The firm maximizes its profits and produces a quantity where the firm's marginal revenue (MR) is equal to its marginal cost (MC). The firm is able to collect a price based on the average revenue (AR) curve. The difference between the firms average revenue and average cost gives it a profit. Long-run equilibrium of the firm under monopolistic competition. The firm still produces where marginal cost and marginal revenue are equal; however, the demand curve (and AR) has shifted as other firms entered the market and increased competition. The firm no longer sells ...
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Hi my name is et college student in california have this report due has more to do with economics but i forgot what kind of market structure do retail stores generally have (perfect competion, monopolistic comp, oliogopoly ect. please let me know as soon asap thaks et Answer Here are a few definitions for helping you on your report. . What is monopolistic competition? 1. Monopolistic competition is a market structure with some of the characteristics of monopoly and some of the characteristics of perfect competition. Like perfect competition, there are a large number of firms, and entry into the market is easy. Because ...
In spite of the above answer I feel it makes us worse off. Product differentiation only increases costs and therefore price. The consumer is worse off but the advertiser is better off and employment for the economy appear better. As competition is high, the producer won't be able to pass on all his increased costs so he is worse off too. 1 year ago Member since: May 28, 2007 Total points: 19962 (Level 6) Better off, for two reasons that I can think of: 1. Product differentation provides a motive for new innovations, competitors will invest in research and development in order to distinguish their products. 2. Consumers ...
