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Wize University Microeconomics Textbook > Oligopoly

Cartels, Collusion, Output and Price Effect

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Firms in an oligopoly have formed a cartel. Which of the following will occur?

a) the market outcome will be efficient
b) the firms will produce the level of output at which the marginal revenue is greater than marginal cost
c) the total output produced will be the same as if this were a single price monopoly market
d) the total output produced by all firms will be more than what a single price monopolist would produce

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