Total industry profit when the firms collude on High, High is 28, or average payoff per firm is 14. However, if Firm 1 charges High and Firm 2 charges Low (or vice versa) total profits for the industry are 33 for an average payoff per firm of 16.5.

   What can the firms do to take advantage of these even higher average returns?

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