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    An oligopoly describes a market situation in which there are limited or few sellers. Each seller knows that the other seller or sellers will react to its changes in prices and also quantities. This can cause a type of chain reaction in a market situation. In the world market there are oligopolies in steel production‚ automobiles‚ semi-conductor manufacturing‚ cigarettes‚ cereals‚ and also in telecommunications. Often times oligopolistic industries supply a similar or identical product. These

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    Collusive Oligopoly

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    Economic and Social benefits of collusion: Collusive oligopoly can bring about economic benefits to consumers. Firstly‚ cartels results in a uniform market structure with one price and one level of output produced. The result is greater consumer or business confidence‚ as expenditure can be more easily planned. One example of where prices were maintained relatively constant would be oil in the 1990s; where OPEC aimed to charge between $25 and $35 per barrel of oil. In doing so‚ businesses requiring

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    the text)‚ shows a firm with a kinked demand curve a. What assumption lies behind the shape of this demand curve? The kinked demand curve assumes that other firms will follow price decreases and will not follow price increases. For instance‚ in an oligopoly model‚ based on two demand curves that assumes that other firms will not match a firm’s price increases‚ but will match its price increases. The kinked demand curve model of oligopoly implies that oligopoly prices tend to be “sticky” and

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    Demand Curve

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    Q: Determining the demand for a product is often the responsibility of the strategic marketer. (a) Define and describe the “demand curve”. (b) Assess what information may be helpful to the strategic marketer in order to determine demand. (c) Discuss the factors that may create a fluctuation in demand. The demand curve is the graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the amount of it that consumers are willing and able to purchase at that given price.

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    exchange rates are determined 2. The scarcity principle implies that A. people will never be satisfied with what they have B. as wealth increases‚ making choices becomes less necessary C. the prices of scarce goods must rise due to excess demand D. choices must be made and tradeoffs will occur 3. The ’no-free-lunch’ principle is another name for the A. cost-benefit principle B. the scarcity principle C. the ceteris paribus principle D. the marginal (not average) principle

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    1. Suppose there are 100 consumers with identical individual demand curves. When the price of a movie ticket is $8‚ the quantity demanded for each person is 5. When the price is $4‚ the quantity demanded for each person is 9. Assuming the law of demand holds‚ which of the following choices is the most likely quantity demanded in the market when the price is $6? Explain and show calculations‚ While the question asks of the choices given what the quantity demanded will be‚ there are no choices

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    Literature Review Demand and supply have been generalized to explain macroeconomic variables in a market economy. The Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply model is the most direct application of supply and demand to macroeconomics. Compared to microeconomic uses of demand and supply‚ different theoretical considerations apply to such macroeconomic counterparts as aggregate demand and aggregate supply. The AD-AS or Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply model is a macroeconomic model that explains price

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    dividend of $40 for the current year‚ what is the approximate present value of this stock‚ given at discount rate of 5% and a dividend growth rate of 3%? Answer: P = $40/(0.05 - 0.03) = $40/0.02 = $2‚000 Topic 2: Supply and Demand 1) Suppose that the demand for oranges increase. Explain the long -run effects of the guiding function of price in this scenario. Answer: In the long run‚ the higher price of oranges will signal more firms to enter the orange market‚ as it will seem

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    is discrimination against them in other areas of the city. Rents paid are a very high percent of peoples’ incomes. (a) Would the demand for apartments in this area be relatively inelastic or relatively elastic? State why. (b) Would the supply of apartments in this area be relatively inelastic or relatively elastic? State why. 1 (c) Draw the demand and supply curves as you have described them‚ showing the initial equilibrium price and quantity. Label carefully. (d) Now assume the government creates

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    The Compensated Demand Curve Definition: the compensated demand curve is a demand curve that ignores the income effect of a price change‚ only taking into account the substitution effect. To do this‚ utility is held constant from the change in the price of the good. In this section‚ we will graphically derive the compensated demand curve from indifference curves and budget constraints by incorporating the substitution and income effects‚ and use the compensated demand curve to find the compensating

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