Other things equal, cartels and similar collusive arrangements are easier to establish and maintain
A) when there are ample opportunities for the firms to make secret price concessions to selected buyers.
B) during periods of business-cycle stability and full employment.
C) when the demand and cost conditions of the participating firms differ substantially.
D) when the number of firms is relatively large.
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Q210: Suppose firms in a collusive oligopoly decide
Q211: The likelihood of a cartel being successful
Q212: Q213: One would expect that collusion among oligopolistic Q214: A major prediction of the kinked demand Q216: OPEC provides an example of Q217: Oligopolistic firms engage in collusion to Q218: If the several oligopolistic firms that compose Q219: Cartels are difficult to maintain in the Q220: If an oligopolist's demand curve has a
A)an unwritten, informal
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