The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)is an International Cartel

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Multiple Choice

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an international cartel. If the cartel were to hire a consulting firm to monitor the production rates of member countries, the economic reason for this monitoring would be to

• A)make sure that each member country is producing at an output level at which price equals marginal cost.
• B)make sure all the member countries produce at least their quotas so that there will be no oil shortage.
• C)detect those member countries that are depressing prices by producing more than their assigned quotas.
• D)make sure that the marginal revenue for the last barrel of oil sold by each member country is less than its price.

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