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 useful because
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Monopolistic competition: is a common market that there are many companies compete each other but their products are not identical. Monopolistic competition was identified firstly by Edward Chamberlin and Joan Robinson in 1930. (Economiconline) • Oligopoly: is the market in which there are some companies‚ their business affects companies remaining. (BPP 2010‚ page 249) • Duopoly: is the market in which there are two sellers who compete with each other with identical goods. Other companies’ output
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Monopoly: in media economics‚ an organizational structure that occurs when a single firm dominates production and distribution in a particular industry‚ either nationally or locally Oligopoly: in media economics‚ an organizational structure in which a few firms control most of an industry’s production and distribution resources Limited Competition: in media economics‚ a market with many producers and sellers but only a few differentiable products within a particular category; sometimes called
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03.11 Oligopoly FRQ 1 3/6 points earned a. 2 points; The student stated that the North will be better for Blue Mart‚ and he stated that Blue Mart earns $4‚000 locating North compared to the $1‚000 it earns South. b. 0 points; The student incorrectly claimed that moving South was a dominant market strategy‚ and he did not explain how Red Shop’s best strategy depends on Blue Mart’s move. c. 0 points; incorrectly stated that Red Shop would locate North and Blue Mart would locate South
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| 2012 | | AIU ONLINE Giovanna Alyssa Garcia | [Macroeconomics week2] | | In this week’s assignment we are to evaluate two industries. The following paragraphs describe both industries and its characteristics. By defining these industries I will determine its effects on the other markets in that firm and whether or not other firms can or cannot succeed. If Industry A has twenty firms with a concentration ratio of thirty percent this is known as a monopolistic company with a low
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Perfect Competition In economic theory‚ perfect competition describes markets such that no participants are large enough to have the market power to set the price of a homogeneous product. Because the conditions for perfect competition are strict‚ there are few if any perfectly competitive markets. Still‚ buyers and sellers in some auction-type markets‚ say for commodities or some financial assets‚ may approximate the concept. Perfect competition serves as a benchmark against which to measure
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Quasar Computers and Different Market Structures ECO/561 July 22‚ 2012 Quasar Computers and Market Structures There are four types of market structures in the economic marketplace; monopoly‚ oligopoly‚ monopolistic competition and pure competition (McConnell‚ Brue‚ and Flynne (2009). The Market Structure simulation (University of Phoenix‚ 2012) presented a case of Quasar Computers and the business decisions that the company faced in each of these business structures. This paper presents
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must first determine the market structure that best fits the market. You can do this by considering the characteristics of the market. Then you must establish how competitive that market is. For example‚ the market may be an Oligopoly. By definition‚ we say that an Oligopoly is not as efficient as a more competitive market. Refer to theory to explain why. However‚ if you find the concentration ratio is low in this market‚ you can conclude that the market is still quite competitive. Or‚ you might
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INDUSTRY ANALYSIS Generic Characteristics of Telco Industry Market structure is either a: Monopoly Natural monopoly Oligopoly Dominated by a handful of big players High capital expenditure (capex) Absolute fixed cost is high But fixed cost per user is very low Telco may be very cash flow rich if capex is controlled Low operating expenditure (opex) Average cost per user is very‚ very‚ VERY low. Generic Characteristics of Telco Industry Lines of business
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In microeconomics there are five basic market structures. We can distinguish: perfect competition‚ monopolistic competition‚ perfect monopoly‚ natural monopoly and oligopoly. Each of them varies in many aspects and I am going to present the definitions and differences between them. First type of the market is perfect competition which is possible only in theory. The definition assumes that all goods are identical‚ all market participants have perfect information‚ there are no barriers to enter
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