Competition
Market structure = Amt of competition facedCompetition
Perfect competition -Many buyers and sellers -Products nearly identical -Easy entry/exit -Information readily available -Limited price control by buyer/seller
leastmost MonopolyOligopolyMonopolistic competition Perfect/pure No. of sellers Products Entry into market Control of pricesCompetition
leastmost MonopolyOligopolyMonopolistic competition Perfect/pure one no substitute entry prevented complete control of priceCompetition few similar difficult (capital) non-price competition interdependence numerous differentiated relatively easy brand loyalty some control over price large market identical easy entry and exit no control over price
Oligopoly
leastmost MonopolyOligopolyMonopolistic competition Perfect/pureCompetition ?
Mergers
Government and Competition Sherman Antitrust (1890) - Illegal to monopolize Interstate commerce Clayton Act (1914) - Outlaws price discrimination (Collusion) Federal Trade Commission (1914) - Regulating Agency