Tacit Collusion Tends to Be Least Used as a Business-Level

question 26

True/False

Tacit collusion tends to be least used as a business-level, competition-reducing strategy in highly concentrated industries such as airlines and breakfast cereals even though it results in higher prices for consumers.

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Definitions:

Short-Run Supply Curve

A graphical depiction showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied over a short period, wherein some inputs are fixed.

Long-Run Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity supplied over a long period, accounting for adjustments in all factors of production.

Short-Run Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the amount that producers are willing to supply, over a short period.

Output

The quantity of goods or services produced by a firm, industry, or economy in a given time period.