When Strategic Interactions Are Important to Pricing and Production Decisions

question 16

Multiple Choice

When strategic interactions are important to pricing and production decisions, a firm will:

• A)assume that competing firms are already maximising profit
• B)consider exiting the market
• C)consider how competing firms might respond to its actions
• D)generally operate as if it is a monopolist

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