ROLL NUMBER : 028 SUBJECT: MICROECONOMICS TOPIC: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MARKET STRUCTURE DATE: 8TH NOVEMBER 2014 SR. NO TOPIC PAGE NO. 1 OLIGOPOLY 3 2 PERFECT COMPETITION 5 3 MONOPOLY 7 4 MONOPOLISTIC 9 5 COMPARISON 11 Oligopoly An Oligopoly is an industry dominated by a few firms‚ e.g. supermarkets‚ petrol‚ car industry etc. The main features of oligopoly: An industry which is dominated by a few firms. Interdependence of firms
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economists classify industries into four different market structures; pure monopoly‚ pure competition‚ monopolistic competition‚ and oligopoly. Understanding each of the four market structures allow manufacturer to manage its pricing strategy and production output. This paper will differentiate among those four market structures‚ while identifying pricing and non-pricing strategies used by the company within each market structure. Oligopoly US mobile phone service industry is a perfect example
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1 Introduction Market is a particular products and services to be exchanged between a significant group of buyer and sellers for a price for market benefit. There are mainly two types of market. 1. Perfect or Pure Competition Market 2. Imperfect Competition Market a) Monopoly Market b) Oligopoly Market c) Monopolistic market d) Duopoly market e) Monopsony Market Among those markets we have chosen oligopoly market for our report. An oligopoly the domination of a market by a few firms
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Oligopoly An oligopoly is a market form in which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of sellers (oligopolists). Oligopolies can result from various forms of collusion which reduce competition and lead to higher costs for consumers.[1] With few sellers‚ each oligopolist is likely to be aware of the actions of the others. The decisions of one firm therefore influence and are influenced by the decisions of other firms. Strategic planning by oligopolists needs to take into account the
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TV dilemma How to become an oligopoly firm in soft drink market? (source: "A new-age drink war starts as Soda Flops‚" Time‚ December 18‚ 2000 There are many soft drinks in the market‚ yet the main suppliers of popular soft drinks are only two: Coke and Pepsi. The soft drink market in America is a very big business with annual sales of $58 billion. Coke‚ with its patented Coca Cola drink‚ enjoys the dominant role in the soft drink market‚ and runner-up Pepsi is always challenging Coke for the
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Executive Summary * Oligopoly * Definition * Oligopolistic competition * Characteristics of Oligopoly * Similarities & Differences between Monopoly & Oligopoly * Effects of Oligopolistic Competition * Models Defining Oligopoly * Dominant Firm Model * Cournot – nash Model * Bertrand Model * Kinked Demand Curve * Game Theory * Price and Non – Price Competition * Price Leadership * Worldwide examples of Oligopoly * Australia *
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Oligopoly is a market structure in which only a few sellers offer similar or identical products. It is an intermediate form of imperfect competition. OPEC is an epitome of Oligopoly. Features of Oligopoly: • Non Price Competition • Interdependent decision making • Entry Barriers If organizations behave in cooperative mode to mitigate the competitions amongst themselves it is called Collusion. When two or more organizations agree to set their outputs or prices to maintain monopoly it is called
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source of market failureDiscipline:Environmental & Natural Resource Economics Almaty‚ 2013 Contents: 1. TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Abtsract. PAGEREF _Toc373180946 \h 32. Introduction: The rise of a steel giant. PAGEREF _Toc373180947 \h 43. The Theory of Natural Monopoly. PAGEREF _Toc373180948 \h 53.1. A natural monopoly. PAGEREF _Toc373180949 \h 53.2. The costs of monopoly: PAGEREF _Toc373180950 \h 73.3. The benefits of monopoly: PAGEREF _Toc373180951 \h 83.4. Remedies for monopoly: PAGEREF
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competition. Include the concepts of elasticity‚ utility‚ costs‚ and market structure to explain the prices charged by fast food retailers. Firms within the fast food industry fall under the market structure of perfect competition. Market structure is a classification system for the key traits of a market. The characteristics of perfect competition include: large number of buyers and sellers‚ easy entry to and exit from the market‚ homogeneous products‚ and the firm is the price taker. Many fast
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particular market is controlled by a small group of firms. ! An oligopoly is much like a monopoly‚ in which only one company exerts control over most of a market. In an oligopoly‚ there are at least two firms controlling the market. The retail gas market is a good example of an oligopoly because a small number of firms control a large majority of the market. An oligopoly is a market form in which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of sellers (oligopolists). Oligopolies can
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