Question 2 (25 marks) Faceboots™ is a monopolist in the local market of boots. The inverse market demand is given by P =
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Question 2 (25 marks) Faceboots™ is a monopolist in the local market of boots. The inverse market demand is given by P =
Question 2 (25 marks) Faceboots™ is a monopolist in the local market of boots. The inverse market demand is given by P = 100 - Q where P and Q are the market price and quantity of (pairs of) boots, respectively. The cost function of producing Qunits is given by the cost function C(Q) = Q². (a) (5 marks) Find the profit-maximising price, and quantity, AND compute the monopolistic profit for Faceboots™ (b) (5 marks) Measure the price influence of Faceboots™ as a monopolist. (c) (5 marks) What quantity would be produced if instead Faceboots™ cannot set and/ or influence the market price at all? (d) (5 marks) Draw the (inverse) demand curve (with P in the vertical axis and in the horizontal axis). Comparing the slope of the ray from the origin and the slope of demand, determine whether the demand curve is elastic, inelastic or unit-elastic at the quantity you found in part (a). (Do not answer this part by computing the price elasticity.) (e) (5 marks) Suppose that now Faceboots™ is charged a fixed license fee $F to operate in this monopolistic market. The amount $F of this fee does not depend on the amount of production Q. How does this fee affect the profit-maximising level of output? Explain.