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There are four forms in a oligopolistic industry. The firms agree to collude and act like a monopoly. if one of the firms violates the agreement and charges a lower price or sells a larger quantity than what was agreed to what will happen in the short run.

There are four forms in a oligopolistic industry. The firms agree to collude and act like a monopoly. if one of the firms violates the agreement and charges a lower price or sells a larger quantity than what was agreed to what will happen in the short run.

The firm that cheats will earn higher profits, and industry profits will be lower

a collusive agreement to fix prices among firms in an oligopolistic industry is more likely to be broken under which of the following conditions

It is easy for new firms to enter into the industry

It is difficult for cartels to maintain collusive agreement because

Each firm has an incentive to cheat to increase its own profit

The cartel model of all oligopoly predicts that

All the firms in the industry act in unison to set a monopoly Price

assuming both firms know the information in the matrix, which if the following correctly describes the dominant strategy of each firm

Alpha- Do not raise; Beta- Do not raise

The Nash equilibrium to this game, if one exists, is which of the following

High price, Advertising

Collusion, price leadership, and price wars are usually observed in which of the following market structures

Oligopoly

In regards to market efficiency, all oligopolies have

Neither productive nor allocative efficiency

Oligopolistic firm successfully maintain a long-term collusive agreement

The product price is higher than the marginal cost

evergreen and nature view

when evergreen bids high and nature green bids low

Given the data, what would be the payouts for both firms assuming they don't collude

alpha: 30; beta: 120

One characteristic that makes oligopolies unique among the market structure is

Mutual interdependence among the firms

The characteristic of oligopolistic firms that makes them different from all other types of firms is that oligopolistic firms

Consider each other's decisions

when firms interact in an oligopolistic market which of the following statements is true

If both firms have dominant strategies then there is a Nash equilibrium

Game theory is most useful in describing outcomes in markets where,

there are interdependent firms