A Cartel of Four Firms That Controls 100 Percent of the Sales

question 285

True/False

A cartel of four firms that controls 100 percent of the sales in a market, and faces the same cost schedules of a monopolist, will set a price somewhat lower than the monopoly price for its product.

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