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100% free · No login to startQuestion 1261
Price collusion is attractive in oligopoly because:
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Correct answer: B — Firms want to maximize joint profits
Question 1262
A well-known example of an oligopoly cartel is:
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Correct answer: B — OPEC
Question 1263
In non-colluding oligopoly markets, demand curves depend on:
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Correct answer: B — Pricing strategies adopted by firms
Question 1264
The three basic pricing strategies in oligopoly include all EXCEPT:
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Correct answer: D — Perfect competition pricing rule
Question 1265
Pricing interdependence implies:
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Correct answer: B — Firms expect retaliation to price changes
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Question 1266
In airline price wars, the typical assumption is that competitors:
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Correct answer: B — Match price decreases but ignore price increases
Question 1267
If a firm raises its price in a non-colluding oligopoly, demand becomes:
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Correct answer: A — More elastic
Question 1268
If a firm lowers its price in a non-colluding oligopoly, demand becomes:
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Correct answer: B — Less elastic
Question 1269
The kinked demand curve arises because:
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Correct answer: B — Rivals react differently to price increases vs decreases
Question 1270
A kinked demand curve implies:
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Correct answer: B — A discontinuous marginal revenue curve
Question 1271
Under the Cournot assumption, each firm assumes:
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Correct answer: B — Rivals will keep output constant
Question 1272
Cournot equilibrium occurs when:
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Correct answer: B — No firm has incentive to change output
Question 1273
A duopoly is:
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Correct answer: B — A market with two firms
Question 1274
In Cournot duopoly, each firm:
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Correct answer: B — Assumes rivals keep output unchanged
Question 1275
Nash equilibrium occurs when:
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Correct answer: B — No firm can improve profit by unilaterally changing strategy
Question 1276
In Nash equilibrium, firms:
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Correct answer: B — Act non-cooperatively but rationally
Question 1277
In oligopoly Nash equilibrium, firms:
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Correct answer: B — Cannot increase profit by unilateral price changes
Question 1278
Nash equilibrium assumes firms:
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Correct answer: B — Anticipate rivals’ rational responses
Question 1279
In oligopoly, firms’ actions are:
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Correct answer: B — Interdependent
Question 1280
Oligopoly firms in Nash equilibrium:
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Correct answer: C — Maximize individual profits given rivals’ actions
Question 1281
The kinked demand curve predicts that prices in oligopoly:
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Correct answer: B — Tend to be rigid
Question 1282
Price rigidity in oligopoly occurs because:
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Correct answer: B — Firms fear losing customers if they raise prices
Question 1283
Under pricing interdependence, a price decrease by one firm:
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Correct answer: B — Is matched by rivals
Question 1284
Under pricing interdependence, a price increase by one firm:
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Correct answer: B — Is ignored by rivals
Question 1285
The kink in the demand curve occurs at:
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Correct answer: B — The prevailing market price
Question 1286
The MR curve associated with a kinked demand curve:
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Correct answer: B — Has a discontinuity
Question 1287
The Cournot model assumes firms compete by choosing:
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Correct answer: B — Output levels
Question 1288
In Cournot equilibrium, price is:
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Correct answer: C — Between monopoly and perfect competition
Question 1289
Nash equilibrium in oligopoly is:
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Correct answer: B — Non-cooperative
Question 1290
A key difference between Cournot and Nash equilibrium is that Nash:
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Correct answer: B — Assumes rivals react optimally
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