The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) operates as an international cartel. If the cartel were to hire a consulting firm to monitor the production rates of member countries, the economic reason for this monitoring is to:
A. make sure that the marginal revenue for the last barrel of oil sold by each member country is less than its price.
B. detect those member countries that are depressing prices by producing more than their assigned quotas.
C. make sure all the member countries produce at least their quotas so that there will be no oil shortage.
D. make sure that each member country is producing at an output level at which price equals marginal cost.
Answer: B
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