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Interdependence
Firms outcome (profit/loss) is based on the actions of other firms
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Duopoly
Only two firms in the industry
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Collusion
An illegal (in the US) agreement of two or more firms to work together to improve their outcomes (hurts society)
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Cartel
A group of firms engaging in collusion
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Noncooperative Behavior
Firms act in their own self-interest ignoring the effects on the market and other firms
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Game Theory
The study of interdependent markets
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Payoff Matrix
The tool used to study game theory and determine firms dominant strategy and dominant strategy equilibrium
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Dominant Strategy
The strategy a firm should choose, regardless of another firms decision
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Dominant Strategy Equilibrium
The result in a payoff matrix when both firms choose to employ their dominant strategy
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Nash Equilibrium
When both players choose what is in the best interest, regardless of what the other player chooses, and have no incentive to change their strategy
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Antitrust Policy
Efforts by the government to prevent oligopolies from acting like monopolies
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Tacit Collusion
Firms act in ways that raise the profits of all firms without a formal agreement
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Price War
When firms compete on prices so heavily to the point that profits are wiped out of the market
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Product Differentation
When firms try to convince consumers that their product is different from other products in the market
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Price Leadership
When one dominant firm sets the price in the market and others follow
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