Question

Which statement is false? A monopoly sells lower-quality products at higher prices than in a perfect competition. Natural monopolies are necessary to avoid wasteful duplication of resources. Collusion is legal in the United States, but cartels are not. The start-up costs in a monopolistically competitive industry are low. Homogeneous products leave consumers with no choice.

Answer 1

The correct answer is: "Collusion is legal in the United States, but cartels are not".

The Sherman Antitrust Act, was a federal law enacted back in 1890 to regulate competition among companies. It bans anticompetitive (colusive) agreements between enterprises that sell the same product and avoid to compete by fixing market prices together or by determining production quotas for each firm. It also bans cartels, which are differenced corporations that act jointly as if they were a monopoly and hence, attend their joint interests instead of competing. Any conduct that restricts competition is limited by this legislation.

Moreover, the act also prohibits monopolistic behaviour when it is undertaken by a single firm.

Answer 2

Homogeneous products leave consumers with no choice. Is false. Trust me. Hope I helped.