According to the principles of microeconomics market structures can be identified as perfect competition‚ oligopoly or monopoly. In our society today and the way business is conducted‚ market structures are not strictly defined by on of these particular types. They can be composed of a mix of them. A market structure that has a higher level of competition can be more efficient than those that have lower levels of competition. We know this since lower competition increases the producer’s surplus;
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ALTERNATIVE MARKET STRUCTURES It is traditional to divide industries to categories according to the degree of competition that exists between the firms within the industry. There are four such categories. At one extreme is perfect competition‚ where there are many firms competing. Each firm is so small relative to the whole industry that it has no market power to influence price. It is a price taker. At the other extreme is monopoly‚ where there is just one firm in the industry‚ and hence no competition
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daily human need. This discovery has changed the daily life of humans‚ and without it most of the things that we use every day would not work‚ or would never be created. Therefore‚ each country has its own electricity source and sector compete in one market. The most distinctive characteristic of the energy sector in Palestine is the scarcity of locally available resources and inability to fully utilize the available ones‚ making it heavily dependent on imports from Israel. In addition‚ the continuity
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I. MARKET STRUCTURE We can classify firms by the roles they play in the target market: leader‚ challenger‚ follower‚ or nicher. Suppose a market is occupied by the firms shown in Figure 1.1. Forty percent of the market is in the hands of a market leader; another 30 percent is in the hands of a market challenger; another 20 percent is in the hands of a market follower‚ a firm that is willing to maintain its market share and not rock the boat. The remaining 10 percent is in the hands of market nichers
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the following from the specification: • The range of market structures • How costs and revenues vary in 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
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the way in which its market structure affects the ability for firms to set prices and to make profits. (16 marks) Market structure is the state of a market with respect to the degree of competition amongst buyers and sellers. The market structure of the industry helps to determine its ability to set prices and make profits. The UK airline industry contains a number of different types of companies from budget airlines to private jets‚ but is essentially is an Oligopoly. This is due to the
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Differentiating Between Market Structures Alana Campbell‚ Dale Fortune‚ Katrina Beyah‚ Leonard Cooper University of Phoenix ECO/212 Principles of Economics Donnetta McAdoo December 5‚ 2011 Differentiating Between Market Structures To understand the economy of today one must understand the different market structures that make up the economy. There are four market structures that define the economic structure within the world’s economy; perfect competition‚ monopoly‚ monopolistic competition
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Differentiating Between Market Structures ECO/365 Principles of Microeconomics August 30‚ 2012 Differentiating Between Market Structures Retail sales are indicators of microeconomic conditions presented in a given area at a particular place in time. Since Sam Walton opened his first Wal-Mart store‚ Wal-Mart has been making ripples throughout the micro economies of America. Wal-Mart’s market structure is typical of most of our nation’s largest corporations in that they are an oligopoly (Brown‚ 2010)
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When people think about market‚ they either think of a supermarket where everything is stocked with a wide range of products from foods to cleaning supplies‚ or a neighborhood farmer’s market where retailers set up booths‚ tables or stands and sell fruits‚ vegetables‚ meat and sometimes prepared foods and beverages. Either way‚ when people talk about market‚ they think of a physical location. In economics terms‚ a market does not need to have a physical location. A market essentially means where
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