The Prisoners' Dilemma Is Used to Illustrate the Basic Idea

question 102

Multiple Choice

The prisoners' dilemma is used to illustrate the basic idea that

• A) oligopolistic firms would be better off if they collude, but each has an incentive to cheat on the collusive agreement.
• B) oligopolistic firms are always worse off when they collude.
• C) oligopolistic firms never have an incentive to cheat on collusive agreements, unlike prisoners.
• D) students who cheat on economics exams end up in jail.

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