Suppose that Under Armor and Nike are the sole producers of a particularly comfortable athletic shoe. The two firms currently charge the same price for their products. If neither firm reduces the price of its particularly comfortable athletic shoe, each firm earns $30 million in profit. If both firms reduce their prices, then each firm will earn $8 million in profit. If one firm reduces its price and the other does not, then the firm that reduces price will earn a profit of $70 million while the other firm will earn a profit of $2 million. Assuming that collusion is not a possibility, the Nash equilibrium occurs when a. Nike will reduce its price and Under Armor will maintain its current price
b. both firms will reduce their price.
c. Under Armor will reduce its price and Nike will maintain its current price
d. both firms will maintain their current price.

Define the marginal rate of substitution between two goods (x and y). if a consumer’s preferences are given by u(x,y) = x3/4y1/4, compute the consumer’s marginal rate of substitution as a function of x and y. calculate the mrs if the consumer has chosen to consumer 48 units of x and 16 units of y. show your work. (use the back of the page if necessary.

Explain the relationship between consumers and producers in economic growth and activity

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?