– 0.5Q2 4.5 6 9 18 Q2 7 P 30 Cournot Equilibrium compared using a traditional Monopoly diagram Under Monopoly: Welfare Loss is ABC 21 18 15 12 C A E G Under 2 Firm Cournot : Welfare Loss is EFB Under PC: No Welfare Loss B F H MC = AC MR 0 9 12 15 18 D 30 Q 8 • • • • • • • Under Perfect Competition; P = 12‚ Q = 18 (No welfare loss) Under Monopoly; P = 21‚ Q = 9 (Welfare loss is ABC) Under 2 Firm Cournot; P = 18‚ Q = 12
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Mr. Jon Corrado OFFICE HOURS 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. TR Office: 3633 jcorrado@ccc.edu COURSE DESCRIPTION Microeconomics is the theory of maximizing profit for a firm or utility for an individual. Topics include Elasticity‚ Marginal Utility‚ Monopoly‚ Oligopoly‚ Monopsony‚ interest‚ rent and wages. Macroeconomics and Microeconomics may be taken in any order. REQUIRED TEXT: Microeconomics‚ by Colander‚ 8th ed. Reading assignments may be given on Blackboard. Also‚ videos are on Blackboard
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factors can’t be controlled by firms so the firm can’t do anything to change it. Different firms are running in different markets and market structures can be classified into two main types‚ perfect competition and imperfect competition which include monopoly‚ monopolistic competition and oligopoly. Market structure is thus an external factor because it is not determined by the firm. P AC MC MR P2 D=MR=AR P1
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Eleven monopolistic competition and oligopoly CHAPTER OVERVIEW Pure competition and pure monopoly are the exceptions‚ not the rule‚ in the U.S. economy. In this chapter‚ the two market structures that fall between the extremes are discussed. Monopolistic competition contains a considerable amount of competition mixed with a small dose of monopoly power. Oligopoly‚ in contrast‚ implies a blend of greater monopoly power and less competition. First‚ monopolistic competition is defined‚ listing important
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Chapter Six Businesses and Their Costs Study Questions: 1. Explain the difference between a plant‚ a firm‚ and an industry. Plant – establishments such as a factory‚ farm‚ mine or store. Firm – an organization that employs resources to produce goods/services for profit. Industry – group of firms that produce the same or similar products. 2. State the advantages and disadvantages of the corporate form of business. Advantages – most effective form of
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Calculate how many fish they can catch and how many huts they can build on their own in one year. Graph Production Possibility Frontiers for Bagley and Spano. Who has the comparative advantage in the production of huts? Explain. 3. Please follow the example of US and Japan in class. a. Assume that each country decides to use half of its resources in the production of each good. Show these points on the graphs for each country as point A. b. If these countries choose not to trade‚ what would be the
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Investment GDP : Gross Domestic Product Ncell : Nepal’s Teliasonera Investment NTC : Nepal Telecommunication Centre SWOT : Strength Weakness Opportunity Threat BIPPA : Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement WWW : World Wide Web 1.1 Introduction The past two decades have witnessed a profound shift in the policy emphasis on foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing
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market share should grow relative to Saab’s. 6. What is the socially desirable price for a natural monopoly to charge? Why will a natural monopoly that attempts to charge the socially optimal price invariably suffer an economic loss? Answer: The socially desirable price to charge is the one at which the marginal benefit to consumers equals the marginal cost of production. However‚ natural monopolies usually have very large fixed costs and relatively low marginal costs. The high fixed costs mean that
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Managerial Economics Unit 8 Unit 8 Nature of markets and Pricing of Products I Structure 8.1 Introduction Objectives 8.2 Meaning of market and market structure 8.3 Kinds of markets 8.4 Perfect competition 8.5 Monopoly 8.6 Monopolistic competition 8.7 Oligopoly 8.8 Duopoly 8.9 Bilateral monopoly 8.10 Monopsony 8.11 Duopsony 8.12 Oligopsony 8.13 Industry analysis 8.14 Summary 8.15 Terminal Questions 8.16 Answer 8.1 Introduction Efficiency of management lies in its capacity to analyze the market.
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