Question

A group of teens in your town meet and agree to charge a flat fee of five dollars per hour for babysitting. They charge the same rate no matter how many children there are, or when the service is needed. Then they divide areas of town on a map between them, agreeing to only serve customers within their respective areas. Within weeks they have gained most of the business in town, driving out other teens that cannot lower their rates. The babysitting market in your town has become

Answer 1

The babysitting market in the town has become an oligopoly.

What is an Oligopoly?

An Oligopoly is an industry which is influenced by the firms.

In oligopoly, there are very few sellers and all are influenced by the behavior of the other sellers.

In this market, sellers deal in homogenous product.

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