The intersection of MC with MR gives the profit maximising level of output. To find the market price one must project up from Q1 to the demand curve and across the vertical price axis‚ P1. Consumers are willing to pay P1 for Q1. Unit costs are only P2 so the firm is making an abnormal profit of (P1-P2)*Q1 The four key characteristics of monopoly are: (1) a single firm selling all output in a market‚ (2) a unique product‚ (3) restrictions on entry into and exit out of the industry‚ and more
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MONOPOLY A monopoly is an enterprise that is the only seller of a good or service. In the absence of government intervention‚ a monopoly is free to set any price it chooses and will usually set the price that yields the largest possible profit. Just being a monopoly need not make an enterprise more profitable than other enterprises that face competiton the market may be so small that it barely supports one enterprise. But if the monopoly is in fact more profitable than competitive enterprises
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The Market Revolution Many factors contributed to the Market Revolution beginning in 1815 and ending in 1860. These included economic‚ technological‚ and social aspects. Better transportation helped move people‚ materials‚ and manufactured goods from coast to coast. New inventions quickened the development of crops and manufacturing of goods. The country’s cities were growing fast‚ and people moved west in pursuit of cheap land and opportunity. Economically
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complicated thing to control‚ and an even more complicated thing to predict the origins of. There are many factors that can contribute to one’s choice to commit a crime such as those that are biological‚ sociological‚ and even spurious ones. Within these three categories of factors are so many more scenario-specific things that can come into play when analyzing what causes crime. Biological factors can range from intelligence to strength to even the family you are born into. Being born into certain scenarios
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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 market economies
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Microsoft Monopoly Corporation Samantha F. Grinvalds DeVry University The Microsoft Corporation has lead people believe that they were attempting to gain monopoly power in the computer operating systems market. A monopoly market structure consists of having one firm that has control of the resources and market by selling a unique good that has no available substitutes‚ in which; make it very difficult for others to enter into this market. In America‚ we enjoy a free market rather than
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MONOPOLY A monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity (this contrasts with amonopsony which relates to a single entity’s control of a market to purchase a good or service‚ and with oligopoly which consists of a few entities dominating an industry) Monopolies are thus characterized by a lack of economic competition to produce the good or service and a lack of viable substitute goods. The verb "monopolize" refers to the process by which
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A. 1What are the factors that affect the corn market (i.e. supply curve for corn production and demand curve for corn consumption) ? The corn market can be negatively affected because of the weather and climate have an impact on the supply of the corn. With a bad weather condition‚ like drought‚ the survivability of the corn decreases. The total corn produced the u.s. is facing a large deduce‚ most of the people will be affected. However the corn market can be positively affected. Firstly‚ if
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Housing markets are peculiar for a number of reasons. First‚ houses take time to build‚ so when demand rises‚ supply can only respond with a considerable lag What causes house prices to rise? Prices rise through a combination of factors on both the supply and demand side of the housing market. When demand is rising and the short run supply of housing available in the market is limited‚ it is quite easy for market values to be pushed significantly higher. Consider the diagram below which illustrates
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Jacob Phillips GB 6210 Microsoft Office A Monopoly within a Monopoly Microsoft Corporation has three major monopolies within itself: Office‚ Window’s‚ and Internet Explorer. Microsoft Office is a monopoly that sits on top of the Windows monopoly and makes money. Office is Microsoft’s best monopoly‚ making profits of 60% per copy sold Microsoft’s main cash cows: Windows and Office are currently desktop applications. Microsoft has dominated the desktop scene for several decades. However‚ with
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