At December 31, 2017, Kefir Company had 800,000 shares of common stock outstanding. On October 1, 2018, an additional 160,000 shares of common stock were issued. In addition, Kifer had $10,000,000 of 5% convertible bonds outstanding at December 31, 2017, which are convertible into 360,000 shares of common stock. No bonds were converted into common stock in 2018. The net income for the year ended December 31, 2018, was $2,500,000. Assuming the income tax rate was 30%, the diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2018, should be: (rounded to the nearest penny) A) $3.39. B) $2.50. C) $2.38. D) $2.08.

1. consider a two-firm industry. firm 1 (the incumbent) chooses a level of output qı. firm 2 (the potential entrant) observes qı and then chooses its level of output q2. the demand for the product is p 100 q, where q is the total output sold by the two firms which equals qi +q2. assume that the marginal cost of each firm is zero. a) find the subgame perfect equilibrium levels of qi and q2 keeping in mind that firm 1 chooses qi first and firm 2 observes qi and chooses its q2. find the profits of the two firms-n1 and t2- in the subgame perfect equilibrium. how do these numbers differ from the cournot equilibrium? b) for what level of qi would firm 2 be deterred from entering? would a rational firm 1 have an incentive to choose this level of qi? which entry condition does this market have: blockaded, deterred, or accommodated? now suppose that firm 2 has to incur a fixed cost of entry, f> 0. c) for what values of f will entry be blockaded? d) find out the entry deterring level of q, denoted by q1', a expression for firm l's profit, when entry is deterred, as a function of f. for what values of f would firm 1 use an entry deterring strategy?