Answer:
Perfect competition | Monopoly |
Monopolistic competition & Oligopoly |
|
No. of firms | very high | only one | many/few |
Product characteristics | identical | unique | differentiated/either differentiated or identical |
Example of market structure | agriculture | national defense | soft drinks |
Entry | free entry.firms enter due to positive profits in the short run. | complete barrier to entry due to very high cost of production or difficulty to the potential entrant. Patents, exclusive right over natural resources form barriers to entry. For example- pharmaceuticals. | Free entry in monopolistic competition till positive profit is earned/complete barrier to entry in oligopoly due to very high cost of production or difficulty to the potential entrant. |
Exit | Free exit due to break even or when there is loss | very difficult to exit due to high capital investment | easy exit from monopolistic competition/ difficult to exit from oligopoly due to high capital investment |
Production decision | intersection of demand and supply curve | MR=MC and corresponding price on the demand curve | MR=MC and corresponding price on the demand curve |
Is advertising efficient | No | No | Yes due to product differentiation |
Is there positive profit in long run | No | Yes | No for monopolistic competition/Yes for oligopoly |
ignore the writting but if you can fill in all the boxes without and with the writting Summary Comparison of Market...
In a market operated by a cartel, if price is $30 which of the following must be true? Marginal revenue is 30 and marginal cost must be less than $30. Marginal revenue must be zero ATC must be under $30 Marginal Revenue and marginal cost must be under $30 Which of the following is the best example of oligopoly? paper towels Ogreen beans auto repair Apples If a oligpolist is experiencing profits in the short-run, then in the long-run Firms...
Fill in the following table regarding the major characteristics of the 4 market structures (Add the space you need): Perfect Competition Monopolistic Competition Oligopoly Monopoly Number of Firms Ease of Entry/Barriers to Entry Type/Nature of Good or Service (Homogeneous or Heterogeneous) Price Taker or Price Maker? Is Long Run Profit Possible? Is Efficiency Achieved in the long run?
If your firm experiences a decrease in productivity, you can reasonably infer that its costs will a. Rise b. Fall c. Stay the same d. Change, but the direction cannot be anticipated O a Ob Ос Od D Question 10 1.5 pts Which type of market is characterized by a few large firms selling either differentiated or commodity products and having strong barriers to entry? a. Pure Competition b. Monopolistic Competition c. Monopoly d. oligopoly Ob
1. The four market structures are and firms are producing a firms are produc 2. Perfect competition is a market structure in which - - product and entry is 3. Monopolistic competition is a market structure in which ing a product and entry is 4. Oligopoly is a market structure in which product and entry is - 5. Monopoly is a market structure in which firms are producing a firm supplies a product and entry 6. Oligopoly is the only...
17. Market power a. is the capability to increase price without losing all sales. b. exists whenever the firm faces a downward-sloping demand curve. c. is greater the less elastic is demand. d. is smaller the more positive is the cross-price elasticity of demand. e. all of the above. 18. A monopoly is maximizing short-run profit at a point on demand where demand elasticity is -3. What is the Lerner index? a. 3 b. 1/3 c. 33.3 d. -3/4 19....
Question 11 Which market structure has a few interdependent sellers? monopolistic competition monopoly perfect competition oligopoly Question 12 Which of the following is legal? collusion none of the above price leader cartel Question 13 When a dominant firm sets the price and others follow, what is that called? price leader crowding out cartel collusion Question 14 Which theory answers the question "How would my competitor respond if I did this?" crowding out price leadership Game Theory collusion Question 15 Which...
long run 39) What does monopolistic competition have in common with -) barriers to exit but no barriers to entry le proft in the A) a large number of fims B) a downward-sloping demand curve C) the ability to collude with respect to price D) mutual interdependence E) barriers to entry 40) An example of a fim in monopolistic competition is A) your local water company B) the sole cable television company C) the many Chinese restaurants in San Francisco...
If you worked at a hotel industry.. What would you identify the market structure (perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition) the hotel industry and how does it reflects and report the market share by all firms within the market. In addition, what other recent changes in market concentration and profitability in the hotel industry. Provide a forecast of the hotel industry over the next five years based on information gained from your research project initiative.
Please help me with these multiple choice questions, thank you! Which type of market is characterized by a few large firms selling either differentiated or commodity products and having strong barriers to entry? a. Pure Competition b. Monopolistic Competition c. Monopoly d. oligopoly What happens to the firm’s long run average cost (LAC) as it produces more and there is are economies of scale? a. LAC changes, but we cannot tell how from this information b. LAC declines c. LAC...
Of the four market structures given below, which is the MOST competitive? Monopolistic competition. Oligopoly. Monopoly. Perfect competition. A manufacturer produces 5,000 metal crates each month at a cost of $50,000. However, the production of these crates leads to pollution in the surrounding community. As a result of the pollution, residents in the community have higher health care costs (equal to $20,000 each month) and must repeatedly clean their cars and homes (at a cost equal to $10,000 each month)....