As compared to the basic Nash-Cournot equilibrium for duopolists where the firms face the same market demand curve and have identical costs, in the situation where the firms produce products which are viewed by consumers as not being identical,
A) there will generally be different prices charged by the two firms.
B) there will generally be different quantities produced by the two firms.
C) one or both of the firms may practice spurious differentiation.
D) All of the above.
D
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(a) the existence of monopoly power (b) quality control of products and services (c) funding of government activities through taxation (d) raising wages and improving working conditions
Villagers in Xiaogang, China, produced more rice than those in surrounding villages because:
a. they had better farmland. b. they were given better seeds. c. they were able to keep the output they produced individually. d. they made each family responsible for a certain, higher quota of rice production. e. they had common ownership over the rice produced.