Cartels usually succumb to divisive forces caused by:
a. stringent enforcement of a cartel agreement

b. the similarity of production costs across member firms.
c. members cheating by giving secret discounts.
d. insufficient profits compared to independent operations.


c

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A Keynesian short-run aggregate supply curve has a flatter portion and a steep portion. How does a decrease in aggregate demand affect the actual real GDP differently across these two portions?

a. There is a large decrease in the actual real GDP across the flatter portion and a small decrease in the actual real GDP across the steep portion. b. There is a large increase in the actual real GDP across the flatter portion and a small increase in the actual real GDP across the steep portion. c. There is a small decrease in the actual real GDP across the flatter portion and a large increase in the actual real GDP across the steep portion. d. There is a small increase in the actual real GDP across the flatter portion and a large increase in the actual real GDP across the steep portion.

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