Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 7.5

7.5 — practice question

(a)[12]

Consider whether a firm’s marginal cost and average variable cost are important when it aims to maximise profits.

(b)[13]

Analyse how firms are believed to behave in an oligopolistic market. Discuss how an understanding of ‘the prisoner’s dilemma’ can be used to show interdependence in an oligopolistic market.

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