Given the Production Function Between Nurse Hours and Patient Visits

question 9

Essay

Given the production function between nurse hours and patient visits per day in a community clinic, how will each of the following shift this function:
a) A change in nurse remuneration from salary to fee for service
b) A change in policy to provide more thorough examinations
c) An increase in nurse wages
d) An increase in the severity of the patients treated.

Explain the effects of cartel formation on output and profits in an oligopoly.

Understand the concepts of duopoly and how it fits within the broader category of oligopoly.

Analyze the strategic decisions firms must make in oligopolistic markets, including collusion, cheating in cartels, and price setting.

Understand the concepts of cartel formation and the implications of cheating within a cartel in duopoly markets.

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