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8/8/2019 Imperfect Market
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Imperfect Market
Prof. Swati Basu Ghose
MSRIM,Bangalore
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Imperfect Competition
Imperfect competition includes
industries in which firms havecompetitors but do not face somuch competition that they are
price takers.
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The Four Types of Market Structure
Monopoly Oligopoly Monopolistic
Competition
Perfect
Competition
Tap water
Cable TV
Tennis balls
Crude oil
Novels
Movies
Wheat
Milk
Number of Firms?
Type of Products?
Manyfirms
One
firm Fewfirms Differentiated
productsIdenticalproducts
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Monopolistic Competition
Many buyers and sellers
Products differentiated
Relatively free entry and exit
Each firm may have a tiny µmonopoly¶ becauseof the differentiation of their product
Firm has some control over price
Examples ± restaurants, professions ±solicitors, etc., building firms ± plasterers,plumbers, etc.
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Monopolistic Competition
Many firms selling products that
are similar but not identical.
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Characteristics of an Oligopoly
Market
Few sellers offering similar or identicalproducts
Interdependent firms Best off cooperating and acting like a
monopolist by producing a small quantity of output and charging a price above marginalcost
There is a tension between cooperation andself-interest.
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Oligopoly ± Competitionamongst the few
Industry dominated by small number of large firms
Many firms may make up the industry
High barriers to entry
Products could be highly differentiated ± branding orhomogenous
Non±price competition
Price stability within the market - kinked demandcurve?
Potential for collusion? Abnormal profits
High degree of interdependence between firms
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Examples of Oligopolistic
structures
Supermarkets
Banking industry
Chemicals
Oil
Medicinal drugs
Broadcasting
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Oligopoly
Only a few sellers, each offering asimilar or identical product to theothers.
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Market StructureKinked Demand Curve
Price
Quantity
D = elastic
D = Inelastic
£5
100
Kinked D Curve
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A Duopoly Example
A duopoly is an oligopoly withonly two members. It is thesimplest type of oligopoly.
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Market Structure Duopoly: Industry dominated by two large
firms Possibility of price leader emerging ±
rival will follow price leaders pricingdecisions
High barriers to entry Abnormal profits likely