A regulator has decided to use franchise bidding to award monopoly franchise contracts in a market....

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A regulator has decided to use franchise bidding to award monopoly franchise contracts in a market. Market demand is given by D(p) = 50 - p/2. The regulator offers the contract to the firm that submits the low price in their submission. Suppose there are three firms with the same cost function C(Q) = 250 + 40Q. What is the equilibrium bidding price?

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