What Is the Most Important Characteristic of Oligopoly

question 46

Multiple Choice

What is the most important characteristic of oligopoly?

• A)firms have market power
• B)product differentiation
• C)barriers to entry
• D)interdependence of profits

Describe the impact of individual firm actions on total industry profits in a cartel situation.

Understand the concepts of quantity effect and price effect on firm profits resulting from changes in produced quantities.

Analyze the effect of additional production on market price and individual firm's profits in the context of marginal costs.

Describe how perfectly competitive market outcomes differ from those in oligopolistic markets with collusion.

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