different market structures • Changes in costs and revenues in different market structures The range of market structures |Type |Perfect competition |Imperfect competition |Oligopoly |Monopoly | |Example |Financial markets and |Small service sectors‚ |Supermarket chains‚ banking|Microsoft? | | |commodities |bars‚ restaurants
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environment of a firm‚ the characteristics of which influence the firm’s pricing and output decisions. There are four theories of market structure. These theories are: Pure competition Monopolistic competition Oligopoly Monopoly Each of these theories produce some type of consumer behavior if the firm raises the price or if it reduces the price. The theory of pure competition is a theory that is built on four assumptions: (1.)There are many sellers and many buyers
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dominated by a small number of sellers. An oligopoly has the ability to determine its own price and output. (McConnell 164) Industrial regulation is used to reduce the market power of monopolies. It’s also used to reduce the market power of oligopolies‚ prevent collusion and increase market competition. A pure monopoly is a market structure in which only one
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restrictive trade practices. This results in the control of monopolies and the consumer interest is thus protected. Monopolistic Trade Practice Practices such as monopolistic trade reflects misuse of one’s power to abuse the terms of production and sales of goods and services in the market. Eliminating competition from the market is the main objective of firms involved in monopolistic trade practice. They take advantage of their monopoly and charge unreasonably high prices. They also deteriorate
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Monopoly 1. Types of market structure 2. The diamond market 3. Monopoly pricing 4. Why do monopolies exist? 5. The social cost of monopoly power 6. Government regulation 7. Price discrimination • We are going to cover sections 10.1-10.4‚ sections 11.1-11.2‚ and for all practical purposes skip chapter 12. • Ben Friedman will speak in class on March 23 on his book The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth 1 3 2 Announcements Types of Market Structure In the real world there is a mind-boggling
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Economics 1020 Features Of Monopoly At the extreme of pure competition is monopoly. Monopolies (along with oligopolies‚ and monopolistic competitors) are known as price searching or non-competitive firms. They have the ability to set their selling price by adjusting their supply. Notice: No firm nor industry is able to change the demand for its product. Only buyers control demand! Characteristics Of Monopolies. 1. A single seller or producer of the item. Often‚ there are no
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profit the marginal cost must equal the marginal revenue (MR=MC)‚ but in perfect competition the marginal revenue equal the market price. P=MC 4. Explain the profit-maximizing production decision of a monopoly firm. Be sure to describe the assumptions/market structure of monopoly and
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BD103 Microeconomics TUTORIAL Questions on Market Structure Section A – Multiple Choice Q1 Which market model has the least number of firms? (a) Monopolistic competition (b) Perfect competition (c) Monopoly (d) Oligopoly Q2 Perfect competitive firms maximize: (a) Total profits by producing where price exceeds average total cost by the greatest amount (b) Per unit profits by producing where marginal revenue equals marginal cost (c) Total profits by producing where price equals marginal cost (why
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Microsoft Corporation violated the nation’s antitrust laws through predatory and anticompetitive behavior and kept “an oppressive thumb on the scale of competitive fortune‚” a federal judge ruled today” (Brinkley‚ NY Times). Microsoft was creating a monopoly through their software by stifling
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Different types of markets A monopoly is a type of market in which there is only one producer or seller for a product. Therefore‚ the only activity is the business. It is quite hard and limited to gain access to this type of industry because usually‚ one entity has all the rights on a natural resource. Also‚ this type of market can be limited because of the high cost of material‚ or simply because of political‚ social or economical issues. Therefore‚ a monopoly controls all the good or services
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