Category: Oligopoly

A. has a legitimate purpose of stopping discount retailers from free riding on the services provided by full services retailers?
B. is price fixing and, therefore is prohibited by law
C. is price fixing and therefore, is prohibited by law and enhances the market power of the producer
D. enhances the market power of the producer

A. Firms cooperate
B. Firms act as part of cartel
C. Firms are competitive
D. Firms are not profit maximisers

A. An increase in price by the firm is not followed by others
B. An increase in price by the firm is followed by others
C. A decrease in price by the firm is followed by others
D. Firms collude to fix the price

A. output in the market tends to fall because each firm must cut back on production
B. the price in the market moves further from marginal cost
C. collusion is more likely to occur because a larger number of firms can place pressure on any firm that defects
D. The price in the market moves closer to marginal cost