Price fixing is an example of what in a competitive
market?
How are pricing limitations dictated on natural monopolies?
How can "product differentiation" be achieved in monopolistic
competition?
Price fixing happens when there is collision among companies to set price or production amount to control market forces . This price fixing limits competition and creates a monopoly like situation where price is artificially set through limitation of supply . In a competitive market such market power is not possible but if all existing firms collude to create this condition and make new entry of firms difficult then exercising such market power is possible .
Price fixing is an example of what in a competitive market? How are pricing limitations dictated...
. Explain the role of brands in a monopolistic competition market. How can the pricing and profits for a firm in this market structure differ from perfect competition and when will the two market types reach the same outcome? Why does that make it essential for firms to have a strong brand identity? Give an example of a product with this type of market structure and discuss (briefly) how the firms have established their brands.
Conditions for monopolistic competitionConsider the monopolistically competitive market structure, which has some features of a competitive market and some features of a monopoly. Complete the following table by indicating if each attribute characterizes a competitive market, a moralistically competitive market, both, or neither. Check all that apply. AttributesCompetitive MarketMonopolistically Competitive Market Product differentiationIdentical products Price is equal to marginal revenueFew sellers without sang
1. How does the product in a monopolistic competition compare with the product in a competitive market? 2. How does the seller’s demand curve in a monopolistic competition compare with the seller’s demand curve in competition? 3. Why will an monopolistic competitive firm only lose some of its customers, but not all when it raises its price? 4. What feature is the “hallmark” in monopolistic competition? 5. What short-run profit maximizing rule do monopolistic competitive firms follow? 6. If economic...
4 Describe why product pricing differs in a competitive versus an imperfect (monopolistic) market. How might firms differentiate their products in a competitive market and why would such a strategy be advantageous?
Describe Amazon organization. State its commodity, business model, target market, specialization, product differentiation, pricing strategy, and market share. In addition, describe the market structure it operates in (monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, or perfect completion) and state the characteristics of this business that make it fall into this market structure. Moreover, state the organization’s main competitors and the strategies it uses to remain competitive in the market. In addition, state that one characteristic that its commodity has that makes them unique...
QUESTION 7 Monopolistic competitive firms in the long run earn: positive economic profits. zero pure economic profits. negative economic profits. Positive, zero, or negative economic profits. QUESTION 8 Which of the following statements best describes firms under monopolistic competition? Profits will be positive in the long run. Price always equals average variable cost. In the long run, positive economic profit will be eliminated. Marginal revenue equals minimum average total cost in the short run. QUESTION 9 Which of the following...
1. Provide an example of a perfectly competitive market, or at least a market that gets a close as possible in your opinion. Evaluate your market against the four characteristics of perfect competition (Many small buyers and sellers, identical products, complete information, free entry and exit) to explain why you think it fits this market structure. In your opinion, have the sellers in this market accepted their position as price-takers or do they continue to try to shift the market...
QUESTION 5 A monopolistically competitive firm will: maximize profits by producing where MR = MC. not likely earn an economic profit in the long run. shut down in the short run if price is less than average variable cost. all of the above. QUESTION 6 A monopolistic competitive firm is inefficient because the firm: earns positive economic profit in the long run. is producing at an output corresponding to the condition that marginal cost equals price. is not maximizing its...
36) When a monopolist sells the same product at different prices and the prices are not related to cost differences, we have B) price differentiation. D) monopoly pricing A) price discrimination C) marginal cost pricing. 37) 37) Monopolies misallocate resources because A) price does not equal marginal cost B) profits are usually positive. C) marginal cost does not equal average total cost. D) price does not equal average total cost. 38) 38) Which of the following assumptions is true about...
Below is a table showing the production numbers for a chair factory (where the production numbers are based on chairs being produced per day). Workers Total Product (TP) Average Product (AP) Marginal Product (MP) Value of the Marginal Product (VMP) 0 0 - - - 1 20 2 60 3 40 4 180 5 46 6 270 7 300 8 40 9 10 10 5 a) Fill in the missing numbers for the TP, AP and MP columns (round to...