Chang, Monica and Haley went into business as a limited partnership running a restaurant. Chang and Monica managed the restaurant and ran the day-to-day operations. Haley had no role in running the restaurant. Chang and Monica each invested $500,000 and Haley contributed the building and land, which was appraised at $1 million. Brady, a customer, had a severe peanut allergy and ordered a peanut-free dish, but was negligently served a dish with peanuts and suffered severe long-term health effects. Brady sued the partnership and was awarded a judgment for $3 million. Brady managed to seize the assets of the partnership to satisfy his judgment, having the property and building sold, and seizing all other property, but $1.5 million remains unpaid. What result

Suppose that fixed costs for a firm in the automobile industry (start-up costs of factories, capital equipment, and so on) are $5 billion and that variable costs are equal to $17,000 per finished automobile. because more firms increase competition in the market, the market price falls as more firms enter an automobile market, or specifically, , where n represents the number of firms in a market. assume that the initial size of the u.s. and the european automobile markets are 300 million and 533 million people, respectively.a. calculate the equilibrium number of firms in the u.s. and european automobile markets without trade.b. what is the equilibrium price of automobiles in the united states and europe if the automobile industry is closed to foreign trade? c. now suppose that the united states decides on free trade in automobiles with europe. the trade agreement with the europeans adds 533 million consumers to the automobile market, in addition to the 300 million in the united states. how many automobile firms will there be in the united states and europe combined? what will be the new equilibrium price of automobiles? d. why are prices in the united states different in (c) and (b)? are consumers better off with free trade? in what ways?