When Two or More Firms Form a ________ Agreement and Set

question 20

Multiple Choice

When two or more firms form a ________ agreement and set price and quantity in unison,economists refer to them as ________.

• A) competitive; a cartel
• B) collusive; social benefactors
• C) collusive; a cartel
• D) monopolistically competitive; social benefactors
• E) monopolistically competitive; a cartel

Identify the implications of product differentiation in competitive price-searcher markets.

Understand the relationship between price, average cost, and marginal cost in the long-run equilibrium of competitive price-searcher markets.

Analyze the impact of low barriers to entry on market structure and firm profits.

Explain how the price-searcher's decision-making process affects output and pricing in the short and long run.

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