Q1. The following represents the potential outcomes of your first salary negotiation after graduation: Assuming this is a sequential move game with the employer moving first, indicate most likely outcome. Does the ability to move first give the employer an advantage? If so, how? As the employee, is there anything you could do to realize a higher payoff?
Q2. The market for widgets consists of two firms that produce identical products. Competition in the market is such that each of the firms independently produces a quantity of output, and these quantities are then sold in the market at a price that is determined by the total amount produced by the two firms. Firm 2 is known to have a cost advantage over firm 1. A recent study found that the (inverse) market demand curve face by the two firms is P=280-2(Q1+Q2), and costs are C1(Q1)=3Q1 and C2(Q2)=2Q2.
What is each firm's marginal revenue and what is each firm's reaction function?