Q. Assume the salmon-packaging industry comprises a price leader also two small firms which behave competitively. The cost functions of the three are:
price-leader CL = 0.05qL2 + 1.75qL
competitive firms C1 = 0.05q¬12 + 3q1
C2 = 0.1q22 + 3q2
The market demand is q = 50 - 5p
(a) Conclude the short-run supply curve for the competitive firms.
(b) Conclude the residual demand curve facing the price leader.
(c) Compute the profit-maximizing output for the price leader.
(d) Illustrate what the market price is given the price leader's output in (c).
(e) Elucidate how much does each competitive firm produce?