If Oligopolistic Firms Facing Similar Cost and Demand Conditions Successfully

question 136

Multiple Choice

If oligopolistic firms facing similar cost and demand conditions successfully collude, price and output results in this industry will be most accurately predicted by which of the following models?

• A)the kinked demand curve model of oligopoly
• B)the price-leadership model of oligopoly
• C)the pure monopoly model
• D)the monopolistic competition model

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