B. Answers to Short-Answer‚ Essays‚ and Problems 1. What are the major features of monopolistic competition compared to pure competition and pure monopoly? In monopolistic competition‚ there are a relatively large number of firms‚ not the thousands of firms as in pure competition. The monopolistically competitive firms produce differentiated products‚ not the standardized products of pure competition. Product differentiation means that monopolistic competitors engage in some price competition
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Economic theory usually differentiates across the four major types of market structure: monopoly‚ oligopoly‚ monopolistic competition‚ and perfect competition. Although the list of market structures can be virtually unlimited‚ these four types are considered to be the basis for understanding the principles of market performance in different market conditions. Each of the four types of market structures possesses its benefits and drawbacks. In any of these markets‚ an entrepreneur can develop a strategy
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QUESTION 1 QUESTION 1.1 Market structure MTN and Vodacom 1.1.1 Introduction The South African mobile market structure can be classified as an oligopoly‚ or even a duopoly‚ with two firms‚ Vodacom and MTN of more or less the same size dominating the market. Both Vodacom and MTN have market shares of at least 35%. This implies that both firms can be classified as ‘dominant’ i.t.o. the Competition Act. It is also important to note that the combined market share of the two large players is approximately
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market structures and consist of sellers and buyers‚ all of which drive our economy and workforce here in America and around the world. Describe each market structure discussed in the course (perfect competition‚ monopolistic competition‚ oligopoly‚ and monopoly) and discuss two of the market characteristics of each market structure. Perfect competition is the situation in a market (based on six assumptions)‚ (1) where the elements of a monopoly are non-existent‚ (2) consisting of numerous
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Essay: Discuss how firms in Oligopoly are likely to compete with each other Oligopoly is a market structure in which a few firm dominate the industry‚ it is an industry with a 5 firm concentration ratio of greater than 50%. In Oligopoly‚ firms are interdependent; this means their decisions (price and output) depend upon how the other firms behave Barriers to entry are likely to be a feature of Oligopoly There are different models to explain how firms may behave The kinked demand curve model
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Michael Chai Student’s ID : Batch No : Assignment Topic: In the course of venturing into and/or conducting its business‚ a firm may fit into one form of the market structure types of pure competition‚ monopolistic competition‚ oligopoly and monopoly. In each of the four market structure types‚ analyse and evaluate the Structure-Conduct-Performance paradigm strategies a firm should pursue to sustain and improve on its profitability as much as possible. In the course of writing
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corporations in that they are an oligopoly (Brown‚ 2010). According to Colander (2010)‚ “An oligopoly is a market structure in which there are only a few firms and these firms explicitly take other firms’ likely response into account when making decisions.” Furthermore‚ given that Oligopolistic firms are few‚ they are interdependent of each other and can either be collusive or noncollusive. It is this interdependence amongst the firms that distinguish them as an oligopoly vice a competitive monopoly
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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 very high barriers to entry and the relatively small number of large firms due to this. Within the UK airline industry there is potential for collusion due to the small amount of large companies which means that there is
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Cigarette Oligopoly Market Chayleen Marquis Benedictine University Author Note This research is being submitted on May 2‚ 2010‚ for Professor Raymond Bell’s MBA 611 course at Benedictine University by Chayleen Marquis. The cigarette market is one that is known to everyone. From magazine advertisements to constructive commercials people have been exposed to this market starting at a young age. The constant visuals of the advertisements as well as the free advertising that occurs daily
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Market Types: Economics identify four market types. Those are: 1. Perfect competition 2. Monopolistic competition 3. Oligopoly 4. Monopoly 1. Perfect competition: The degree to which a market or industry can be described as competitive depends in part on how many suppliers are seeking the demand of consumers and the ease with which new businesses can enter and exit
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