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Market structure | An economic model of competition among businesses in the same industry. |
Cartel | A group that acts together to set prices and limit output. |
Price maker | A firm that does not have to consider competitors when setting the price of its products. |
Price taker | A business that accepts the market price determined by supply and demand. |
Imperfect competition | Occurs in markets that have few sellers or products that are not standardized. |
Natural monopoly | Occurs when the costs of production are lowest with only one producer. |
Government monopoly | When the government either owns or authorizes only one producer, like the post office. |
Technological monopoly | Occurs when a firm controls a manufacturing method, invention, or type of technology, like the polaroid instant camera. |
Geographic monopoly | Exists when there are no other producers within a certain region, like E.W.James. |
Merger | The joining of two firms to form a single firm. |
Economies of Scale | This occurs when the average cost of production falls as the producer grows larger. |
Patent | Gives an inventor the exclusive property rights to an invention or process for a certain number of years. |
Focus group | A moderated discussion with small groups of consumers. |
Sherman Antitrust Act | Passed in 1890, it gave the government power to control monopolies. |
Price fixing | Occurs when businesses agree to set prices for competing products. |
Market allocation | Occurs when competing businesses divide a market amongst themselves. |
Predatory pricing | Occurs when businesses set prices below cost for a time to drive competitors out of a market. |
Public disclosure | Policy that requires businesses to reveal product information. |
Deregulation | Reduces or removes government control of business. |
Perfectly Competitive Market | This market has many buyers and sellers but it's not fast food. |
Perfectly Competitive Market | In this market, the market price and equilibrium price are the same. |
Perfectly Competitive Market | This market produces a VERY standardized product. |
Perfectly Competitive Market | Examples of products in this type of market are wheat, corn, and beef. |
Monopolistic Market | Only one seller in this type of market. |
Monopolistic Market | The is a very restricted, regulated market structure. |
Monopolistic Market | This market is a price maker because there are no substitutes. |
Monopolistic Competition | Many sellers and many buyers, such as the fast food market. |
Monopolistic Competition | Limited control of prices in this market structure because no one would probably pay $20 for a hamburger! |
Monopolistic Competition | There are lots of nonprice competition in this market structure. |
Oligopoly | There are few sellers and many buyers in this market structure. |
Oligopoly | Examples of products in this market structure include steel, cement, cereal and sodas. |
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