At the Nash equilibrium of an oligopoly market:

A. only one firm is able to earn profits.

B. each firm is making a profit-maximizing choice, regardless of the choices of its rivals.

C. each firm is making a profit-maximizing choice given the choices of its rivals.

D. each firm produces the same quantity.


C. each firm is making a profit-maximizing choice given the choices of its rivals.

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