Imperfect Competition & Monopoly - Chapter 9

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    Imperfect Competition

    and Monopoly

    Chapter 9

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    Main topics:

    Patterns of imperfect competition

    Varieties

    Sources

    Marginal revenue & monopoly

    Marginal revenue ree!amined

    Profit ma!imi"ation

    #he marginal principle

    $%et the past e past'

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    (cid #est for Imperfect Competition Is

    )o*n*ard #ilt of +irm,s )emand Curve

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    Figure 9-1

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    Patterns of imperfect competition

    Varieties

    Monopolistic competition

    -ligopoly

    Monopoly

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    Chapter 9

    Table 9-1

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    Sources of imperfect competition

    Mar.et si"e & economic volume

    /elative cost & demand factors

    0arriers to entry %egal restrictions

    1igh cost of entry

    Product differentiation Product variation

    (dvertising2 rands2 etc

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    Chapter 9

    Table 9-21

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    Mar.et Structure )epends on

    /elative Cost and )emand +actors

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    Figure 9-2

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    Marginal revenue & monopoly

    Marginal revenue

    In imperfect competition

    Profit ma!imi"ation /evenue ma!imi"ation: M/ 3 4

    Profit ma!imi"ation: M/ 3 MC

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    Chapter 9

    Table 9-3

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    Marginal /evenue Curve Comes

    from )emand Curve

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    Figure 9-3

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    Chapter 9

    Table 9-5

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    ProfitMa!imi"ing 56uilirium Can 0e

    Sho*n 7sing 5ither #otal or Marginal

    Curves

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    Figure 9-4

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    Chapter 9

    Table 9-4