Critical Thinking In many oligopolistic industries, firmsfollow a price leadership strategy, in which an accepted industry leader sets, raises, or lowers prices and theother firms follow. In what ways is this policy good andbad for the industry? In what ways is this good or badfor consumers? Whal is the difference between priceleadership and price fixing? Should governments al- low industries 10 use price leadership strategies? If not,how can they prevent it?

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