Revenue and cost curves in a monopolistic competition:
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Monopoly: the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.
Characteristic of demand curve of the monopolistic competitive firm:
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Short run and long run profits of MC firms:
\n }}A firm’s monopolistic market cannot achieve both productive efficiency and allocative efficiency (produces at a point where MC curve cuts the AR curve). Despite firms in this type of market being profit maximisers, in the long run, they are neither allocative efficient nor productive efficient.}}
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Market efficiency in Oligopoly:
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Non-collusive oligopoly:
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Disadvantages of monopoly:
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Advantages of monopoly:
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