maximize his or her total utility and has have very little influence over the price of goods. A monopoly is a market structure in which there is only one producer/seller for a product. In other words‚ the single business is the industry. Entry into such a market is restricted due to high costs or other impediments‚ which may be economic‚ social or political. For instance‚ a government can create a monopoly over an industry that it wants to control‚ such as electricity. Another reason for the barriers
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Is Monopoly necessarily less efficient than Perfect Competition According to SJ Grant’s Introductory Economics‚ Monopoly is the only sole supplier of the industry. They would not inherit any competitions as well as having no close substitutes. There are many reasons that cause the formation of Monopolists. Barriers to enter or exit discourages new firms to enter the market (patent rights creates a right to sell that product‚ abnormal profit‚ predatory pricing‚ raw material ownership‚ high fixed
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Explain the differences between Monopoly and Monopolistic Competition? Monopoly A monopoly implies an exclusive possession of a market by a supplier of a product or a service for which there is no substitute. In this situation the supplier is able to determine the price of the product without fear of competition from other sources or through substitute products. It is generally assumed that a monopolist will choose a price that maximizes profits. Monopolistic Competition Monopolistic competition
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the central components of microeconomics: demand‚ supply‚ and market equilibrium. 4. Define the elasticity of demand. Assignment 2 There four types of market structures that exist‚ and these are perfect competition‚ monopolistic competition‚ monopoly and oligopoly. These categories have been made to help people understand how businesses operate and how prices‚ outputs and profits are determined. The four market structure types are there mainly for the purposes of organization. Competition is
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What are Costs? * Goal of a firm is to maximize profit * Total Revenue = Q x P * Total Cost = market value of inputs firm uses in production * Profit = TR – TC * Costs of production = opportunity costs of output of goods and services * Explicit costs = input costs that require outlay of money by firm * i.e. $1000 spent on flour = opportunity cost of $1000 because can’t be spent elsewhere * Implicit costs = input costs that do not require outlay of money by firm
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’How Does a Free Market Prevent a Monopoly? ’ We often listen to this statement that there are no monopolies in a free market or a free market prevents monopolies. Though there are some arguments about if the statement is completely true and‚ if a government plays a part in making or preventing a monopoly. To understand and to validate the statement first we need to understand few terms used in the statement and concepts of market. Types of market economies There are majorly four types of
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"Monopoly power is not automatically bad as long as it is regulated". Discuss this view [20marks] Monopoly power occurs when a business is a dominant seller of a good or service with a market share that exceeds 25%. There are many disadvantages for societies where monopolies exist. A higher price than those in competitive markets is one of the main disadvantages for society. As monopolies are the main seller of goods and services in the market they can use their market power in order to raise
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new development‚ etc. of drugs. Include appropriate graphs showing the difference between monopoly pricing and competitive pricing. The drug industry currently takes on both monopolistic and competitive market structures. When a drug company develops a new drug‚ there are patent laws that allow the company to have a monopoly on selling the drug. In the short-run‚ the company is able to charge the monopoly price (above marginal cost) and maximize profit by producing the quantity where marginal
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Why is it important for the government to regulate natural monopolies? A natural monopoly arises where the largest supplier in an industry‚ often the first supplier in a market‚ has an overwhelming cost advantage over other actual and potential competitors. This tends to be the case in industries where capital costs predominate‚ creating economies of scale that are large in relation to the size of the market‚ and hence high barriers to entry; examples include public utilities such as water services
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This essay will look at efficiency between both a monopoly and a perfect competition‚ and whether a monopoly is necessarily less efficient than perfect competition. Using diagrams and equations reflecting the optimal choice of output‚ marginal revenue and marginal cost for monopolies‚ I will explain how efficiency is affected by low levels of production. At the same time monopolies can increase efficiency due to their ability in price discrimination‚ they price people differently and therefore
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