Question

If oligopolistic firms facing similar cost and demand conditions successfully collude, price and output results in this industry will be most accurately predicted by which of the following models?
A. the kinked demand curve model of oligopoly
B. the price-leadership model of oligopoly
C. the monopoly model
D. the monopolistic competition model

Answer 1

Answer:

C) the monopoly model

Explanation:

First of all, collusion is illegal, and it is defined as secret cooperation between individuals or organizations that should be competing against each other.

In this case, the oligopolistic firms should be competing against each other trying to earn a larger market share, but since they collude together, they will act as if they were one single large monopoly. Usually collusion leads to higher prices, benefiting the companies but hurting the customers. Since all the competing firms in the market decided to work together, they will set their prices in a similar manner to a monopoly since there is no real competition between them.