Edexcel A Level · 9EC0 · Theme 3: Business behaviour and the labour market

3.4.4 Oligopoly

Everything you need for questions on oligopoly, in the words examiners reward. An interactive seven-step lesson goes with it.

What's on this sheet

  1. Characteristics
  2. Collude or compete?
  3. Game theory: the pricing game
  4. Competition in oligopoly
  5. Classic question: will firms in an oligopoly collude?
  6. Side 2: practice tasks, where the marks go, and exam-style questions
  7. Separate answer key

The lesson in seven steps

  1. Play against a rival
  2. Will the cartel hold?
  3. How concentrated is the market?
  4. Oligopoly trainer
  5. Few firms, big questions
  6. Build the chain
  7. Exam practice

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