An Individual Firm's Best Response

question 18

Multiple Choice

An individual firm's best response:

• A) is the firm's most profitable choice given the actions of its rivals.
• B) is not necessarily selected by all firms in a Nash equilibrium.
• C) is always the option with the highest price for each firm.
• D) is to set the same price and quantity as all of its rivals.

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