The incentive to cheat within a cartel increases with an increase in the following factors, except:

A. The number of firms in the cartel
B. Economic performance and industry sales
C. The number of potential entrants into the industry
D. The cost-differences among firms

B. Economic performance and industry sales

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A) The senior citizen who receives a 10% discount at the local coffee shop B) The day-after-Christmas shopper who enjoys sales of up to 70% on holiday merchandise C) Bill Gates D) All of the above. E) None of the above.

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What has been the range of the decline in real output during recessions in the U.S. between 1950 and 2009?

A.  -0.2 percent to -3.7 percent B.  -5.1 percent to -9.8 percent C.  -10.4 percent to -14.6 percent D.  -15.0 percent to -19.9 percent

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