of economic growth‚ explain the difference between a movement along an existing production possibility curve (PPC) and an outward shift in a production possibility curve (PPC). 6. Explain why prices tend to be relatively stable in a non-collusive oligopoly. 7. Using a production possibility curve (PPC) diagram‚ explain the relationship between the economic concepts of economic goods‚ factors of production and opportunity cost. 8. Explain why the marginal revenue curve is identical to the
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Barriers to entry: In theories of competition in economics‚ barriers to entry are the obstacles and hindrances that make it difficult for a company to enter a given market or industry. The most common barriers to entry include government regulation and economies of scale‚ but nowadays it is increasing for entry barriers to be viewed as a cost. Stigler defined barriers to entry as “A cost of producing which must be borne by a firm which seeks to enter an industry but is not borne by firms already
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this situation‚ two firms may agree to play a certain strategy without explicitly saying so. Oligopolists usually try not to engage in price cutting‚ excessive advertising or other forms of competition. Therefore‚ there may be unwritten rules of collusive behavior such as price leadership. A price leader will then emerge and sets the general industry price‚ with other firms following suit. (O’Hagen) In this essay‚ I aim to analyze a case in which tacit collusion has taken place‚ and investigate the
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Exam practice: paper 1 (SL and HL) Introduction to paper 1 Paper 1 has the same structure for both standard and higher levels. Paper 1: SL and HL Duration of paper 1 Focus and structure of paper 1 1 hour and 30 minutes Section A focuses on section 1 of the syllabus (microeconomics). Students must answer one question from a choice of two. Section B focuses on section 2 of the syllabus (macroeconomics). Students must answer one question from a choice of two. Structure of questions and marks earned
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Table of contents I. Introduction 4 II. The case 5 III. Analysis: competitive assessment 6 1) Confectionery sector overview. 7 2) Relevant product market 9 3) Relevant geographic markets 11 4) Unilateral Effects 11 IV. Our results: pro-collusive effects and efficiency gains. 14 V. Conclusions 15 Bibliography 16 I. Introduction Kraft is a worldwide food and beverage company active in more than 150 countries with annual revenues of $48 billion while Cadbury is a worldwide producer
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| Statistics 101 Report | The Kentucky Milk Case Study | | | | Preliminary Analysis 2a) Figure 1: X as a Data Object X is a data frame as derived from the program R shown above in Figure 1. There are 274 observations of 11 variables. The number of observations is obtained from the number of rows while the number of variables is obtained from the number of columns. 2b) Figure 2: Creating a sub-data frame from X Figure 3:Sub-data frame from X Figure 2 shows a screenshot
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Incentives of Charging Regulations to Cellphone Mobile Telephone Companies in the Philippines In partial fulfillment of the requirements in SPECTO 3 Submitted by: Cameron Cabanlig on April 08‚ 2010 De La Salle University- Manila I. INTRODUCTION In the Philippines‚ there are different businesses‚ industries and companies that are mainly regulated by the government to at least make the market fair for both the consumers and producers. For a market to function fairly and competitively
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MASTER MINDS No.1 for CA/CWA & MEC/CEC Disclaimer: Questions asked in the examination may have wrong/inadequate information and/or ambiguous language. In that case the answers provided by the institute may differ from these ideal answers. Every effort has been made taken to give best answers. Still if you find some errors please bring them to our notice through e-mail. Mail id: gunturmasterminds@yahoo.com 1 __ ____ ____ ______ ___ ____ ____ ______ ___ ____ ____ _2 n ois s eS_1 102_
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competition‚ oligopoly‚ and pure monopoly markets. Each market has its own characteristics in terms of barriers‚ price control‚ and the kind of products. An oligopoly market can be defined as a market which has a few large producers of homogenous or differentiated products. Moreover each firm is affected by the decisions of its rival and must take those decisions into consideration when setting its own price and quantity. Regulating the merger activity by governments at oligopolies markets could
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Econ 3551/ L. Kahane Oligopolies By Kenya Spring 09 Pepsi & Coke 08 Fall In May‚ 1886‚ Coca Cola was introduced by John Pemberton a pharmacist from Atlanta‚ Georgia. John Pemberton started brewing his coca cola formula in a three legged brass kettle in his backyard. Pharmacists Caleb Bradham in New Bern‚ North Carolina first made competitor Pepsi in the 1890’s. The brand was trademarked on June 16‚ 1903. These companies have brand identification and customer loyalties that have made
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