Price-fixing by firms in an oligopoly is:
A. more likely when the firms play a game repeatedly.
B. more likely when firms must commit to a single pricing strategy for the lifetime of the firm.
C. more likely when neither firm chooses the low-price guarantee strategy.
D. never sustainable because firms have an incentive to underprice each other.
Answer: A
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