There Is Much Evidence to Suggest That Airlines Are More

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Multiple Choice

There is much evidence to suggest that airlines are more likely to match price cuts than price increases.Which of the following best explains this evidence?

• A)The law of demand which states that an increase in price leads to a decrease in quantity demanded.
• B)No one airline wants to be the first to renege on a tacit collusive agreement in which all airlines implicitly agree to match price cuts but not price increases.
• C)An airline fears that if it does not match a price cut, its sales may fall considerably but if it does not match a price increase, it will be able to attract customers away from its rivals.
• D)Airlines have different costs of production and therefore it is more difficult to agree on a price increase than on a price decrease.

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