In a Nightclub, a Single Supplier of Beverages Can Charge

question 62

Multiple Choice

In a nightclub, a single supplier of beverages can charge a price that exploits its position and the customers' willingness-to-pay. If many suppliers could offer their products on the same site:

• A)The suppliers would collude to maintain an artificially high selling price to preserve their return
• B)The customers would not change their level of consumption, leading to a decrease in the return for all suppliers
• C)The existence of many suppliers would drive down prices to the cost of supplying these beverages (with the assumption that no collusion emerges)
• D)The economic rent would significantly increase for all suppliers

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