Unit 10 Unit 10 Pricing under Imperfect Competition Structure: 10.1 Introduction Case Let Objectives 10.2 Monopoly 10.3 Price Discrimination under Monopoly 10.4 Bilateral Monopoly 10.5 Monopolistic Competition 10.6 Oligopoly 10.7 Collusive Oligopoly and Price Leadership 10.8 Duopoly 10.9 Industry Analysis 10.10 Summary 10.11 Glossary 10.12 Terminal Questions 10.13 Answers 10.14 Case Study Reference/E-Reference 10.1 Introduction In the previous unit‚ we studied about
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1. Characteristics of the four market structures. [monopoly‚ oligopoly‚ monopolistic competition‚ & perfect competition] 2. Know the four types of monopolies. [Government‚ Natural‚ Technology‚ and Geographic] Market Structure Vocabulary I. Perfect Competition – has a very large number of sellers (hundreds or thousands) of the same product (any agriculture or fishery product). They are all
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product differentiation. * Role of non-price competition is significant – Various methods used to attract the customers to buy a particular brand. * Selling cost – Different types of expenditure on advertisement would incur additional cost. Oligopoly Definition * there are only a few firms selling either standardized or differentiated products and it restricts the entry into and exit from the market Characteristics * Few numbers of firms – The number of firms is small but size of the
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buyers and seller meet and consign to trade. Market structure is firms or companies that produced identical product which are uniform. There are different types of market structures which includes perfect competition‚ monopolistic competition‚ oligopoly and monopoly each of these structure function a certain way. Some of the key factors of market structure are size of firms‚ entry condition‚ role of government‚ price change and differentiation. Some of these elements can be a determinant factor
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and producers have part of the information. There are many sellers so there’s a lot of competition. Oligopoly An oligopoly is a market structurein which a few firms dominate. When a market is shared between a few firms‚ it is said to be highly concentrated. Although only a few firms dominate‚ it is possible that many small firms may also operate in the market. Duopoly Its similar to the oligopoly but only two producers/sellers control the market. Monopoly A monopoly is a market structure in which
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October 1‚ 2010‚ from University of Phoenix online classroom McConnell‚ C. R.‚ Brue‚ S. L.‚ & Flynn‚ S. M. (2009). Economics. Principles‚ Problems‚ and Policies (18th ed.). Retrieved from the University of Phoenix eBook Collection database. Oligopoly. (2010). Retrieved on October 2‚ 2010‚ from the Investopia Web site: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/oligopoly.asp. Review seller’s market‚ 2010. Retrieved on October 4‚ 2010‚ from http://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpf/docs/contract_pricing_finance_guide/vol1_intro
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various countries. (Figure 1) These industries either have a market structure in which a small number of inter-dependent firms dominating the industry‚ that of a oligopoly‚ or are firms that is the only seller of a good or service that does not have a close substitute‚ characteristics of a monopoly. Oligopoly and/or monopoly arise for four main reasons: government restriction to the entry of more than one firm into a market‚ an individual firm commands control over a key resource
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Name: Christopher Stephenson Grade: 5 bus sci 2 (lower six) Centre #: 100028 School: Dint hill Technical Teacher: Mr. Johnson CONTENT TITLE PAGE Topic------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Title--------------------------------------
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number of consumers that require the product or service. This will give the local economy as well as global economy a much greater chance to accept the business or service. There are four market structures that businesses fall into; a monopoly‚ an oligopoly‚ a monopolistic competitor‚ and pure competition. All of these play a vital role in a healthy economic market. A monopoly is when a company has sole control of a product thus having control in the fluctuation of the product price. This means that
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such as the number and relative strength of buyers and sellers‚ degree of collusion among them‚ and ease of entry into and exit in the market (Amos: 2000). Four basic types of market structure are: Perfect competition‚ Monopolistic competition‚ Oligopoly and Monopoly. This assignment is going to illustrate and discuss the implications of these market structures for price determination. Perfect competition Perfect competition is an ideal market structure characterised by a large number of small
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