ECO 304K Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Imperfect Competition, Demand Curve, Oligopoly

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Imperfectly competitive industry (page 264): an industry in which individual firms have some control over the price of their output. Market power (page 264): an imperfectly competitive firm"s ability to raise price without losing all the quantity demanded for its product. Monopoly: industry with a single firm in which the entry of new firms is blocked. Oligopoly: industry in which there is a small number of firms, each large enough so that its presence affects prices. Monopolistic competitors: firms that differentiate their products in industries with many producers and free entry. In monopolies, the cost side of the profit equation stays the same but the revenue side does not. Monopolists set prices by looking at the trade-off in terms of profit earned between getting more money for each unit sold versus selling fewer units. Profit-maximizing level of output for a monopolist: mr = mc.

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1) A natural monopoly exists when:

a. A few firms collude to make one large firm

b. Firms enter the industry as a result of profit incentives

c. Economies of scale provide large cost advantages to having one firm produce the industry's output

d. Firms naturally maximize regardless of market structure

2) A(n) ____ is a single firm with ___, whereas a(n) ___ implies an industry with ____ firm(s) and ____ .

a. Monopoly; barriers to entry; oligopoly; few; no barriers to entry

b. Oligopoly; no barriers to entry; monopoly; many; easy entry and exit

c. Monopoly; barriers to entry; monopolistic competition; many; easy entry and exit

d. Monopolistic competitor; barriers to entry; monopoly; one; barriers to entry

3) In monopolistic competition:

a. Each firm produces a product identical to that of every other firm in the industry

b. Firms are aware of their strategic interdependence

c. Firms earn large economic profits in the long run

d. Firms earn zero economic profits in the long run

4) A monopolistically competitive industry, such as corn snack chips, and a perfectly competitive industry, like wheat farming, are alike in that:

a. There are many firms in each industry

b. Firms in both types of industries produce similar but not identical products

c. Barriers to entry in both industries are large

d. Firms in both types of industries produce identical products

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1 How does monopolistic competition differ from the pure competition in its basic characteristics? From pure monopoly? Explain fully what product differentiation may involve. Please explain how the entry of firms into its industry affects the demand curve facing a monopolistic competitor and how that, in turn, affects its economic profit.

2 "Competition in quality and service may be just as effective as price competition in giving buyers more for their money." Do you agree? Why? Explain why monopolistically competitive firms frequently prefer nonprice to price competition.

3 Critically evaluate and explain:
a. In monopolistically competitive industries, economic profits compete away in the long run; hence, there is no valid reason to criticize such industries' performance and efficiency.
b. In the long run, monopolistic competition leads to a monopolistic price but not to monopolistic profits.

amethystjellyfish726

1. Which of the following is a difference between a perfectly competitive market and a monopoly?

A. There are huge barriers to entry in a perfectly competitive market, while there are no barriers to entry in a monopoly.

B. The market demand curve faced by a perfectly competitive firm is horizontal, while the market demand curve in a monopoly is downward-sloping.

C. The sellers in a perfectly competitive market are price-makers, while a seller in a monopoly market is a price-taker.

D. The equilibrium price in a perfectly competitive market exceeds marginal revenue, while the equilibrium price in a monopoly equals marginal revenue.

2. Which of the following firms is likely to have the highest market power?

A. An oligopoly with homogeneous products

B. A monopoly

C. A monopolistic competitor

D. A perfectly competitive firm

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