You are the manager of a business in a monopoly market with the following inverse demand function
In addition, assume your production technology is described by the total cost function
C(q) = 500 + 10q
- Determine the optimal quantity to produce (qM), the price you should charge for your product (pM), and compute the profit of your business.
- Provide an intuitive explanation of market power. What is market power? How do we measure the market power of a business? Compute the market power of your business.