Consider the following Cournot competition

Marketing Jan 12, 2021

Consider the following Cournot competition. The demand curve is p=40Q. Both firm's marginal cost of production is MC=10. Now let firm 1 move first, determine the equilibrium.

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(a) Yes, the initial allocation is Pareto efficient as moving from the initial allocation to another location makes B worse off while making A better off.

(b) Since the allocation is Pareto efficient, it lies on the contract curve.

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