Consider a homogeneous-product duopoly where each firm initially produces at a constant marginal cost of $200 and there are no fixed costs. determine what would happen to each firm’s equilibrium output and profits if firm 2’s marginal cost increased to $210 but firm 1’s marginal cost remained constant at $200 in each of the following settin

The former chairman of the federal reserve, alan greenspan, used the term "irrational exuberance" in 1996 to describe the high levels of optimism among stock market investors at the time. stock market indexes such as the s& p composite price index were at an all-time high. some commentators believed that the fed should intervene to slow the expansion of the economy. why would central banks want to clamp down when the economy is growing? a. to block the formation of unsustainable speculative asset bubbles. b. to curtail excessive profits in the banking system. c. to prevent inflationary forces from gathering momentum. d. all of the above. e. a and c only.