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Oligopolistic pricing behavior

Collusive oligopolistic pricing behavior: (1) leads to natural monopoly when only some firms dominate an industry. (2) entails overt agreement among many firms in setting outputs and prices. (3) arises while contestable firms simultaneously raise or lower prices. (4) parallels monopolistically competitive pricing behavior in the long run. (5) is socially optimal since cooperation is more efficient than competition.

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