Unit 3- Microeconomics Market Structures
Types of Market Structures Perfect Competition Monopolistic Competition Oligopoly Monopoly
Perfect Competition
Perfect Competition Many sellers Easy to enter and exit the market informed Identical products and demand
Monopolistic Competition
Monopolistic Competition Easy to enter or exit the market Limited control over price Product Differentiation Nonprice competition Advertising
Oligopoly
Oligopoly A few very large sellers Difficult to enter the market Differentiated products Price maker Use collusions & price-fixing Some advertising
Monopoly
Monopoly Only ONE SELLER of a particular product No close substitutes Sets its own market prices enter the market
Types of Monopolies Natural Monopoly Geographic Monopoly Technological Monopoly Government Monopoly 12
Natural Monopoly Occurs when it would be too costly, difficult, etc. to have another business offering G&S in that area 13
Geographic Monopoly Occurs when it's the only business selling that G&S in town 14
Technological Monopoly Occurs due to patents or copyrights 15
Government Monopoly Occurs when the government is the sole provider of the G&S 16