Unit 4 - Imperfect Competition Guide

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Collusion
working together to maximize profit.
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price discrimination
In ________, there is no deadweight loss and no consumer surplus as well, only producer surplus.
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Nash equilibrium
point where both players can do no better than the other given the choice of their opponent.
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Monopoly
market structure where there is only one firm producing a product.
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Natural monopoly
has large fixed costs, and long economies of scale, has downward sloping ATC curve.
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Cartels
a group that agrees to control the price and output of a product (often form in oligopoly)
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Firms
________ are able to make an increased profit in the long run if there is less competition since ________ are considered to be price makers.
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Monopolistic competition
is another term for imperfect competition, and occurs when many companies offer competing products which are similar but not perfect substitutes.
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Payoff matrix
represents the payoff to each player to show combinations of given strategies.
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Interdependent
all the actions that a firm takes will affect the other firms in the oligopoly (if They ask why the market is an oligopoly, say it’s because they’re interdependent)
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Common barriers to entry
control of scarce resources, legal barriers, high startup costs.
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Common barriers to entry
control of scarce resources, legal barriers, high startup costs
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Monopoly
market structure where there is only one firm producing a product
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Natural monopoly
has large fixed costs, and long economies of scale, has downward sloping ATC curve
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Imperfect price discrimination
charging consumers different prices based on the buyers willingness to pay
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Perfect price discrimination
charges all consumers the maximum they are willing to pay, no deadweight loss, produce at P=MC
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Monopolistic competition
is another term for imperfect competition, and occurs when many companies offer competing products which are similar but not perfect substitutes
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Interdependent
all the actions that a firm takes will affect the other firms in the oligopoly (if They ask why the market is an oligopoly, say its because theyre interdependent)
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Cartels
a group that agrees to control the price and output of a product (often form in oligopoly)
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Collusion
working together to maximize profit
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Payoff matrix
represents the payoff to each player to show combinations of given strategies
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Dominant strategy
the strategy that has a better payoff regardless of what strategy the opponent chooses
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Nash equilibrium
point where both players can do no better than the other given the choice of their opponent
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