A major weakness of the kinked demand curve model of oligopoly is that ?

A. The model cannot be tested empirically.

B. it fails to explain how a firm arrived at its price and output decision initially

C. Real-world pricing strategies are more simple than those assumed in this model

D. it assumes that firms believe that their rivals will not respond to any price change they initiate

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