market structures
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Market StructuresTRANSCRIPT
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Market structures1.Perfect Competition2. Monopoly3. Oligopoly4. Monopolistic Competition
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Determinants of market structure
Number of sellersNature of the product homogenous (identical), differentiated?Freedom of entry and exitControl over priceNon price Competition
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Types of profit :
Economic profit is Total Revenue less explicit and implicit costs.Accounting profit is total revenue less explicit costsNormal profit is an implicit cost which the opportunity cost for the entrepreneur the return that he could have earned in the next best alternative.
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Features of the four market structures
Type of market
Number of firms
Freedom of entry
Nature of
product
Examples
Implications for demand curve
faced by firm
Perfect
competition
Very many
Unrestricted
Homogeneous
(undifferentiated)
Cabbages, carrots
(approximately)
Horizontal:
firm is a price taker
Monopolistic
competition
Many / several
Unrestricted
Differentiated
Builders, restaurants
Downward sloping,
but relatively elastic
Oligopoly
Few
Restricted
Undifferentiated
or differentiated
Cement
cars, electrical appliances
Downward sloping. Relatively inelastic (shape depends on reactions of rivals)
Monopoly
One
Restricted or completely blocked
Unique
Local water company, train operators (over particular routes)
Downward sloping: more inelastic than oligopoly. Firm has considerable control over price
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Perfect Competition:Free entry and exit to industryHomogenous product identical - no consumer preferenceLarge number of buyers and sellers no individual seller can influence priceSellers are price takers have to accept the market pricePerfect information available to buyers and sellers
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Short Run EquilibriumSince the firm is a price taker, he can sell any quantity at the given price.This implies that his marginal revenue curve is horizontalMR = Price
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Perfect CompetitionShort-run equilibrium of the firmPricegiven by market demand and supplyOutputwhere P = MCProfit= revenue - costpossible supernormal profits
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figO(b) FirmQ (thousands)O(a) IndustryPQ (millions)QeShort-run equilibrium of industry and firm under perfect competition
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figShort-run shut-down pointOO(a) IndustryPRsQ (millions)S(b) FirmMCACQ (thousands)
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figOOPQ (millions)QLQ (thousands)Long-run equilibrium under perfect competitionNew firms enterSupernormal profitsProfits returnto normal(a) Industry(b) Firm
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Perfect Competition
The long runlong-run equilibrium of the firmall supernormal profits competed awayLRAC = AC = MC = MR = AR
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Rs Q OLong-run equilibrium of the firm under perfect competition
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Perfect CompetitionThe long runlong-run equilibrium of the firmall supernormal profits competed awayLRAC = AC = MC = MR = ARlong-run industry supply curveincompatibility of economies of scale with perfect competitionDoes the firm benefit from operating under perfect competition?
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