Industries are classified into four different market structures. They are perfect competition‚ monopolistic competition‚ oligopoly and monopoly. Each of these has different characteristics regarding the number of firms involved to the type of product they make. Different methods and restrictions are used to maximize profits in all markets of the economy. Brand management and advertising are two tools that firms used to differentiate their products. The main objective of brand management is
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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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Market structure refers to: • Nature and degree of competition within a particular market • The number of firms producing identical products which are homogenous Oligopoly: This is a market structure in which the market is dominated by a small number of firms that together control the majority of the market share. Few firms dominate Although only a few firms dominate‚ it is possible that many small firms may also operate in the market e.g. the major airlines. It is a situation between perfect
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Market structures and pricing Revenues Consumers * Inverse demand curve gives willingness-to-pay * Benefit consumer(s) derive(s) from additional good; * Area under inverse demand curve measures total willingness-to-pay‚ total benefit or total surplus. * Maximum price I can charge as producer determined by inverse demand function * Marginal revenues; revenue of next unit I sell Strategies * Profit maximization * Marginal profits equal to 0 (MR=MC) *
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competition and oligopoly affect price and output determination in these market structures. Both monopolistic competition (MPC) and oligopoly generally determine price and output based on the profit-maximising condition that marginal cost (MC) equals to marginal revenue (MR). Due to the different features of both monopolistic competition and oligopoly such as the barriers to entry (BTE)‚ which affects the number of sellers as well as market power‚ nature of product and possibility of enjoying economies
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MARKET STRUCTURE AND COMPETITION EXERCISES Exercise 1: The own firm’s price elasticity is a measure that evaluates how the firm’s demand changes when it alters the price of the good or service offered‚ given that the rest of the variables remain fixed. While the cross-price elasticity measures how a firm’s demand changes when some other firm alters its price. Therefore‚ the second term considers the existence of interrelated firms in the market‚ that is‚ the fact that one firm’s actions affect
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1) Explain the terms ‘Monopoly’ and ‘Monopolistic Competition’ (4 marks) Monopoly A monopoly is a market structure in which a single company or individual owns all or nearly all of the market for a given type of product or service with no or close substitute. This would happen in the case that there is a barrier to entry into the industry that allows the single company to operate without competition (for example‚ vast economies of scale‚ barriers to entry‚ or governmental regulation)
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Market structure : there are a number of different buyers and sellers in the marketplace. This means that we have competition in the market‚ which allows price to change in response to changes in supply and demand. Furthermore‚ for almost every product there are substitutes‚ so if one product becomes too expensive‚ a buyer can choose a cheaper substitute instead. In a market with many buyers and sellers‚ both the consumer and the supplier have equal ability to influence price. In some industries
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MARKET STRUCTURES IN THE PHILIPPINES “A term paper submitted as a partial fulfillment of the requirements in Microeconomics” Submitted by : Jake Kevin P Borja BSBM – IIB Submitted to: Ms. Azelle Agdon Date of submision : October 10‚ 2012 I. Introduction Any study of economics has to begin with an understanding of the basic market structure of the country. An economy is made up of producers of goods and services‚ of
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A monopoly is a market structure where there is merely one manufacturer/supplier for a product. The lone business is the industry. Entrance into such a market is controlled based on elevated costs or additional obstacles‚ which may be‚ political social or economic. In an oligopoly‚ there are simply a limited number of firms that create an industry. This top quality assemblage of firms has control over the price in addition to a‚ monopoly; an oligopoly also has extraordinary obstacles to admittance
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