With example(s), explain cartels as collusive oligopolistic market. Discuss at least three circumstances under which cartels are most likely to be successful.

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With example(s), explain cartels as collusive oligopolistic market. Discuss at least three circumstances under which cartels are most likely to be successful.

  1. Identify an oligopolistic industry in Ghana and describe its behavior in terms of number of firms, market share.
  2. Suppose Vobapine and Miton are two telecommunication firms that secretly collude to fix prices in a country. Each firm must decide whether to abide by the agreement or cheat on it. The payoff (profit in millions) matrix is given as:

                                                                                                                        

 

 

Abide by agreement

Cheat on it

Abide by agreement

20, 20

12, 22

Cheat on it

22, 12

14, 14

 

 

 

  1. What strategy will each firm choose, and what will be each firm’s profit? What are the Nash equilibria

 

 

  1. Is this game an example of the prisoner’s dilemma? Explain

 

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