2. On January 2, 2017, heavy equipment costing $800,000 was purchased. The equipment had a life of 5 years and no salvage value. The straight-line method of depreciation is used for book purposes and the tax depreciation taken each year is listed below: Tax Depreciation 2017 2018 2019 2020 Total $264,000 $360,000 $120,000 $56,000 $800,000 3. The enacted tax rates are 40% for all years. Instructions (a) Prepare a schedule comparing depreciation for financial reporting and tax purposes. (b) Determine the deferred tax (asset) or liability at the end of 2017.

1. consider a two-firm industry. firm 1 (the incumbent) chooses a level of output qı. firm 2 (the potential entrant) observes qı and then chooses its level of output q2. the demand for the product is p 100 q, where q is the total output sold by the two firms which equals qi +q2. assume that the marginal cost of each firm is zero. a) find the subgame perfect equilibrium levels of qi and q2 keeping in mind that firm 1 chooses qi first and firm 2 observes qi and chooses its q2. find the profits of the two firms-n1 and t2- in the subgame perfect equilibrium. how do these numbers differ from the cournot equilibrium? b) for what level of qi would firm 2 be deterred from entering? would a rational firm 1 have an incentive to choose this level of qi? which entry condition does this market have: blockaded, deterred, or accommodated? now suppose that firm 2 has to incur a fixed cost of entry, f> 0. c) for what values of f will entry be blockaded? d) find out the entry deterring level of q, denoted by q1', a expression for firm l's profit, when entry is deterred, as a function of f. for what values of f would firm 1 use an entry deterring strategy?