|cans and charge s ], so the daily total industry profit in the beer market is 5 When they act as a profit-maximizing cartel, each company will produce |per can. Given this information, each firm earns a daily profit of S Oligopolists often behave noncooperatively and act in their own self-interest even though this decreases total profit in the market. Again, assume the two companies form a cartel and decide to work together. Both firms initially agree to produce half the quantity that maximizes total industry profit. Now, suppose that Mays decides to break the collusion and increase its output by 50%, while McCovey continues to produce the amount set under the collusive agreement.

|cans and charge s ], so the daily total industry profit in the beer market is 5 When they act as a profit-maximizing cartel, each company will produce |per can. Given this information, each firm earns a daily profit of S Oligopolists often behave noncooperatively and act in their own self-interest even though this decreases total profit in the market. Again, assume the two companies form a cartel and decide to work together. Both firms initially agree to produce half the quantity that maximizes total industry profit. Now, suppose that Mays decides to break the collusion and increase its output by 50%, while McCovey continues to produce the amount set under the collusive agreement.

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