Here is financial information for Larkspur, Inc. December 31, 2017 December 31, 2016Current assets $ 108,500 $ 92,800Plant assets (net) 402,800 352,500Current liabilities 101,800 67,500Long-term liabilities 124,500 92,800Common stock, $1 par 132,500 117,500Retained earnings 152,500 167,500Prepare a schedule showing a horizontal analysis for 2017, using 2016 as the base year. (If amount and percentage are a decrease show the numbers as negative, e. g. -55,000, -20% or (55,000), (20%). Round percentages to 1 decimal place, e. g. 12.1%.)

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?