Suppose the jeans industry is having an oligopoly in which each firm sells its own distinctive brand of jeans, and each firm believes its rivals will not follow its price increases but will follow its price cuts. Draw and explain the demand curve facing each firm, and given this demand curve, does this mean that firms in the jeans industry do or do not compete against one another
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2016-05-23T10:16:03-0400
If the jeans industry is having an oligopoly in which each firm sells its own distinctive brand of jeans, and each firm believes its rivals will not follow its price increases but will follow its price cuts, then all the firms will have a kinked demand curve, this mean that firms in the jeans industry compete against one another, but their competition is another than competitive industry competition, where all the firms are price-takers.
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Suppose the jeans industry is an oligopoly in which each firm sells
its own distinctive brand of jeans, and each firm believes its rivals
will not follow its price increases but will follow its price cuts.
Draw and explain the demand curve facing each firm, and given this
demand curve, does this mean that firms in the jeans industry do or do
not compete against one another? (5 marks for the correct demand curve
and 5 marks for the correct explanation)
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Suppose the jeans industry is an oligopoly in which each firm sells its own distinctive brand of jeans, and each firm believes its rivals will not follow its price increases but will follow its price cuts. Draw and explain the demand curve facing each firm, and given this demand curve, does this mean that firms in the jeans industry do or do not compete against one another? (5 marks for the correct demand curve and 5 marks for the correct explanation)
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