Collusion: An agreement among firms to restrict output or fix prices in order to increase joint profits.
How to apply it: Explain why collusion is unstable because each firm has an incentive to cheat by secretly lowering prices.
Course: AP Microeconomics · Unit: Imperfect Competition
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