The French government announced plans to convert state-owned power firms EDF and GDF into separate limited companies that operate in geographically distinct markets. BBC News reported that France’s CFT union responded by organizing a mass strike, which triggered power outages in some Paris suburbs. Union workers are concerned that privatizing power utilities would lead to large-scale job losses and power outages similar to those experienced in parts of the eastern coast of the United States and parts of Italy in 2003. Suppose that prior to privatization, the price per kilowatt hour of electricity was €0.14 and that the inverse demand for electricity in each of these two regions of France is estimated as P = 1.28 − 0.002Q (in euros). Furthermore, to supply electricity to its particular region of France, it costs each firm C(Q) = 120 + 0.14Q (in euros). Once privatized, each firm will have incentive to maximize profits.
Determine the number of kilowatt hours of electricity each firm will produce and supply to the market, and the per-kilowatt hour price.
a. Instructions: Enter your response rounded to one decimal place.
Quantity of kilowatt hours supplied:
b. Instructions: Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.
Per-kilowatt hour price: €
c. Compute the price elasticity of demand at the profit maximizing price-quantity combination. Instructions: Enter your response rounded to two decimal places. If you are entering a negative number, use a negative (−) sign.
d. Does the price elasticity at the profit-maximizing price-quantity combination make sense? multiple choice:
Yes - with linear demand, a monopolist will never maximize profit on the inelastic portion of the demand function.
No - with linear demand, a monopolist always maximizes profits where elasticity is -1.
No - with linear demand, a monopolist will never maximize profits on the elastic portion of the demand function.
Yes - with linear demand, a monopolist can maximize profits on any portion of the demand function.
e. How much more profit will each firm earn as a result of privatization?
Instructions: Enter your response rounded to two decimal places.
€
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