What is a cartel? In what way is an analysis of cartel similar to an analysis of a monopoly

Q: As the firms operate as a cartel in the same market, they would not be able to work at different…

A: A cartel is a group of businesses that band together to make output and pricing decisions. The…

Q: How do  patents and economies of scale can cause monopolies to form? Give a third possible reason…

A: Entry barriers keep competitors out of the market or discourage them from doing so. Economies of…

Q: The following table shows the daily demand schedule for round-trip train commutes between Dallas and…

A: Total Revenue  = Price*Quantity Marginal revenue = ∆ in total revenue / ∆ in price Profit maximizing…

Q: Explain the contradictory incentives associated with forming and maintaining cartels.

A: A cartel is a situation in which members of an oligopoly form a group in which they work together in…

Q: Briefly state the basic characteristics of pure competition, pure monopoly, monopolistic…

A: Pure competition, pure monopoly, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly are some of the examples of…

Q: Explain in detail how does a cartel operate.

A: A cartel is formed when a group of producers band together to work together, protect their…

Q: Explain with diagram why an oligopolist (with few competitors) pays more attention to what its…

A: The perfect competition is characterized by the large number of buyers and sellers in the market.…

Q: Define the following terms: a. Cartel- b.Collusion- c. Prisoner’s dilemma- Do cartel or…

A: Oligopoly is the form of market organization in which there are few sellers of a homogeneous or…

Q: If monopolies are typically considered inefficient, why would the government grant firms such as…

A: Monopoly refers to firms having a huge market share in the economy. A monopoly firm is one that is…

Q: Economics Describe two of the factors that make up monopolies.

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Q: if a product moves from being monopolistic to a monopoly will the demand for the industry decrease?…

A: Monopolistic competition is a market structure with a large number of firms and buyers. The firms…

Q: What’s the difference between oligopoly and monopoly

A: Difference between oligopoly and monopoly are as follows: 1.Oligopoly has few sellers whereas…

Q: Why is it difficult to regulate a monopolistically competitive market to increaseefficiency?

A: Different forms of market structures differ in their level of competitiveness, ranging from highly…

Q: Two farmers produce milk for local town with local milk demand given by Q=100-1/3P (P denotes price…

A: Answer - Need to find- profits for each farmer under the cartel Given in the question- Q = 100…

Q: What is a cartel and how it reads to market failure, and construct a diagram as well

A: Cartel is an arrangement by which the firms collude and decide on a common price-output policy. This…

Q: Why is the graph of the cartel drawn exactly the same as the monopoly graph?

A: A monopoly, in contrast to a perfectly competitive firm, has the market all to itself and…

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A: Cartel - It is a situation when the independent enterprises collude together to charge a monopoly…

Q: Suppose Nick and Rosa form a cartel and behave as a monopolist. The profit-maximizing price is $ |…

A: Monopoly refers to the form of market in which there is one single seller, and selling a unique…

Q: How do monopolies maximize profit? How is that (and how is it not) different from a perfectly…

A: The monopoly is a market structure where there will be no other competitors present and the power to…

Q: Explain why it is not possible for a monopoly firm to maximize its profits by charging a price in…

A: >A monopoly is a profit maximizer. It is the only seller in the market selling the good with no…

Q: Discuss the economic factors that lead to the development of monopolies. Examples of monopolies…

A: Monopoly is defined as a market structure in which there is only a single seller of the good or…

Q: One factor that has prevented the formation of cartels for producers of commodities is that: a)…

A: A cartel refers to an agreement between various firms in order to maximize their joint profits. The…

Q: What is the objective of a cartel? joint profit maximization O productive efficiency O allocative…

A: A cartel is a group of firms that collude to dominate the market by agreeing upon the price and…

Q: What is monopolistic competition? Give a real-life example which follows the pattern very closely.

A: Monopolistic competition is one of the 4 main market structures which are:- Perfectly competitive…

Q: An industry consists of two identical firms with total costs of TC=5q+0.5q^2. Market demand is given…

A: Given, the demand curve is P = 125 - Q and the marginal revenue curve is MR = 125 - 2Q. Profit…

Q: Refer to the table. Suppose the town enacts new antitrust laws that prohibit Maria and Miguel from…

A: When in a small town in a remote area where only two residents, Maria and Miguel , own dairies that…

Q: Suppose Sean and Yvette form a cartel and behave as a monopolist. The profit-maximizing price is s…

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Q: List several reasons that monopolies exist,and explain how each causes barriers to entry

A: A monopoly is a form of market – there exists only a single producer. They earn supernormal profits…

Q: An economy has two producers for a good that has the demand Q = 30 – P. The firms may operate under…

A: Cartel is an agreement among firms producing similar products to cooperate and act as a monopolist.…

Q: Suppose Firm A and B have formed a cartel. MCA = 16+4QA and MCB = 6 +4QB. The market demand is Q =…

A: Cartel firms act like monopoly and these firms distribute output in such way that marginal cost of…

Q: Q.3 Briefly answer the following questions with the help of examples where necessary: a. Can a…

A: Since you have posted a question with multiple sub-parts, we will solve first three sub parts for…

Q: “Firms have an incentive to form a cartel,but once it is formed,they have an incentive to…

A: Cartels are formed when two firms decide to collude among themselves. They are part of duopoly…

Q: Explain how monopolistic competition is different from perfect competition and monopoly in both the…

A: There are four types of market namely, perfect competition, monopolistic competition, monopoly and…

Q: If Sam and Jack each produce the same quantity of appointments as would be produced in perfect…

A: Perfect competition is the name given to an ideal market system. Under a perfect competition model,…

Q: Breakdown of a cartel agreement Consider a town in which only two residents, Darnell and Eleanor,…

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Q: Explain how monopolies employ average cost pricing

A: Monopolies have one seller and a large number of buyers. There are no close substitutes. Under…

Q: Consider a market with 4 firms. If all 4 firms enter into a cartel arrangement, then the demand…

A: The demand curve is a graph that shows how the price of a commodity or service changes over time in…

Q: cal bakeries with cost function C(x)= 4x operate in a village where the demand for bread is x(p) = 1…

A: A cartel refers to a group made by a number of producers producing similar goods with an aim of…

Q: Suppose Clancy and Eileen form a cartel and behave as a monopolist. The profit-maximizing. price is…

A: Cartels are a type of oligopoly since they include various firms working in a conspiracy to limit…

Q: Suppose tuition fees for a university increase from £3,000 to £9,000. After the increase, enrolment…

A: e)Setting up a cartel takes place in oligopoly market structure,where few firms operate.Cartel will…

Q: What are the three reasons why monopolies arise?  Give one example of a firm that is a monopoly and…

A: A monopoly refers to a market structure where there is only one seller in the market and has no…