Question

A member in a cartel can earn more profits byA) charging a slightly lower price and raising production.B) producing less than the agreed rate.C) selling less than the agreed amount.D) none of the above.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer to the following question is option A) charging slightly lower price and raising production .

Explanation:

A cartel can be defined as a group of firms , that join forces together to decide what level of output should be produced and at what prices they should be sold at. A cartel generally forms in oligopoly market where there are few firms in the market and they all have significant share in the market.

Reason why firms join forces together is because they want to have more dominant position in the market and increase the market power. So these type of cartels forms a monopoly n the market and earn high profits. But there are always chance of firms cheating each other in market, by either increasing the production or decreasing the price by a small percent, which will allow them to earn more profits.