Comet Company is owned equally by Pat and his sister Pam, each of whom hold 100 shares in the company. Comet redeems 50 of Pam's shares on December 31, year 1, for $1,000 per share in a transaction that Pam treats as an exchange for tax purposes. Comet has total E&P of $250,000 on December 31, year 1. What are the tax consequences to Comet as a result of the stock redemption? A) No reduction in E&P as a result of the exchange. B) A reduction of $62,500 in E&P as a result of the exchange. C) A reduction of $50,000 in E&P as a result of the exchange. D) A reduction of $125,000 in E&P as a result of the exchange.

Suppose that two firms produce differentiated products and compete in prices. as in class, the two firms are located at two ends of a line one mile apart. consumers are evenly distributed along the line. the firms have identical marginal cost, $60. firm b produces a product with value $110 to consumers.firm a (located at 0 on the unit line) produces a higher quality product with value $120 to consumers. the cost of travel are directly related to the distance a consumer travels to purchase a good. if a consumerhas to travel a mile to purchase a good, the incur a cost of $20. if they have to travel x fraction of a mile, they incur a cost of $20x. (a) write down the expressions for how much a consumer at location d would value the products sold by firms a and b, if they set prices p_{a} and p_{b} ? (b) based on your expressions in (a), how much will be demanded from each firm if prices p_{a} and p_{b} are set? (c) what are the nash equilibrium prices?