A. the same as if it were served by competitive firms.
B. efficient because cooperation improves efficiency
C. the same as if it were served by a monopoly.
D. known as a Nash equilibrium
Related Mcqs:
- A situation in which oligopolists interacting with one another each choose their best strategy given the strategies that all the other oligopolists have chosen is known as a ?
A. Nash equilibrium
B. dominant strategy.
C. cartel
D. collusion solution - Assume that firms in an oligopoly are currently colluding to set price and output to maximise total industry profit. If the oligopolists are forced to stop colluding, the price charged by the oligopolists will _________ and the total output produced will __________?
A. decrease; decrease
B. increase; decrease
C. decrease; increase
D. increase; increase - Suppose that 40 percent of the voting population wish to spent Rs1,000 for artwork in City Hall, 25 percent wish to spent Rs20,000 and 35 percent wish to spend Rs 22,000 What is the median preferred outcome, the average preferred outcome and the modal preferred outcome ?
A. Rs20,000; Rs20,000; Rs22,000
B. Rs1,000; Rs14,333; Rs1,000
C. Rs20,000; Rs13,100; Rs1,000
D. Rs1,000; Rs20,000; Rs22,000 - Suppose that the firms collude and become a cartel The best level of output for the cartel as a whole is ___________ the price equals __________ and profits total __________?
A. 2 million barrels per day, $100, $60 million
B. 4 million barrels per day, $80, $160 million
C. 6 million barrels per day, $60, $60 million
D. 8 million barrels per day, $40, $20 million - Collusion is difficult for an oligopoly to maintain ?
A. all of these answers
B. if additional firms enter of the oligopoly
C. because antitrust laws (also known as competition laws) make collusion illegal
D. because, in the case of oligopoly self-interest is in conflict with cooperation. - Which of the following is true under pairwise majority rule if people vote for the outcome closest to their most preferred outcome ?
A. The average preferred outcome wins
B. There is no clear winner due to Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem.
C. The outcome preferred by the median voter wins
D. The outcome preferred by the greatest number of voters wins. - Suppose that Russia steel firms engage in dumping in the German market in terms of overall economic welfare, German welfare would _______ as the result of the dumping?
A. increase
B. decrease
C. not change
D. None of These - Suppose that Boeing is to receive payment in euros in 6 month and wants to engage in hedging the firm would _______ euros on the 6-month forward market in order to protect itself from a/an of the euro?
A. sell; appreciation
B. sell; depreciation
C. buy; depreciation
D. buy; appreciation - In a cartel member firms may be given a fixed amount to produce. This is called a ?
A. Limit
B. Factor
C. Quota
D. Quotient - In a cartel ?
A. Firms compete against each other
B. Price wars are common
C. Firms use price to win market share from competitors
D. Firms collude
