Multiple Choice
Why are many oligopolistic market outcomes conveniently described by a Prisoners' Dilemma?
A) The firms can always achieve the outcome that maximizes joint outcomes.
B) The firms could do better than the Nash equilibrium if they collude.
C) The outcome of a Prisoners' Dilemma is always efficient.
D) The outcome of a Prisoners' Dilemma is always identical to the perfectly competitive outcome.
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