If a monopoly firm sells to competitive distributors and the distributors have a constant marginal cost of $3 and they are charging the profit-maximizing retail price of $9, what is wholesale price of the product?

A) $3 B) $6 C) $12 D) $9


B) $6

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In a price leadership oligopoly model,

A. a cartel of leading firms determines price and industry output. B. the industry in consortium with the government determines price and output. C. one firm is the price leader and all other firms follow. D. the firms abandon a profit-maximizing goal.

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