What Is the Potential Drawback If Firms Follow a Price

question 49

Multiple Choice

What is the potential drawback if firms follow a price leadership model in an actual market?

• A) The price leader's behavior may be interpretted as collusion and be subject to antitrust sanctions.
• B) Excessive price signalling may force all of the firms to adopt price-taking strategies, which reduces overall profits among the firms.
• C) Disputes about which firm should be the price leader may lead to price wars.
• D) Signalling efforts increase the firms' fixed costs of production.

Comprehend the relationship between educational attainment and wealth accumulation.

Grasp the concept of compensating wage differentials and their rationale.

Understand the role of investment in human capital and its effects on income distribution.

Describe how economic incentives and market conditions influence occupational choices.

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