OPEC Periodically Meets to Agree to Restrict the Cartel's Oil

question 218

Multiple Choice

OPEC periodically meets to agree to restrict the cartel's oil output, and yet almost every member of OPEC produces more than its own output quota.This suggests that OPEC has

• A)a cooperative equilibrium.
• B)a noncooperative equilibrium.
• C)new potential entrants.
• D)a threat of substitute goods.

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