Why Are the Actions of Firms Interdependent in an Oligopoly

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Essay

Why are the actions of firms interdependent in an oligopoly market but not in a monopolistically competitive market?

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Causality

The relationship between cause and effect where one event (the cause) leads to the outcome (the effect), fundamental to scientific and philosophical inquiry.

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