Firms in a cartel have an incentive to cheat on the cartel agreement because they suspect the other firms are cheating as well.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

Rationale: The incentive to cheat is there even if firms believe all other firms abide by the cartel agreement.

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