PPT-Market Structures: Monopoly

Slide 2 presents a table that can be printed for each student For best results use landscape page orientation Slides 3 through 10 plots and draws marginal revenue marginal cost average total cost and average revenue demand respectively. • How Monopolies Form and Survive: Barriers to Entry. • How a Profit-Maximizing Monopoly Chooses Output and Price. • What are the Welfare Effects of a Monopoly. A . pure. monopoly is where . one. What does monopoly mean?. . “. monos. ” = one “. polein. ” = seller. Not a new phenomenon .  Thales, Aristotle. Necessary conditions. Single seller . Examples: most public utility companies and patented drugs.. 5.3.3. Learning Outcomes. To understand the meaning of the term ‘monopoly’.. To appreciate what is meant by monopoly power and how this can influence a firm’s behaviour.. To understand the main disadvantages and advantages of a firm having monopoly power. . Copyright © 2017 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Is Any Firm Ever Really a Monopoly?. We define monopoly.. Monopoly. is a market structure consisting of a firm that is the only seller of a good or service that does not have a close substitute.. MARKET STRUCTURE . in which only . ONE . seller sells a product for which there are no close substitutes.. A monopoly is . A PRICE SETTER. , . RESTRICTS THE MARKET . and. IS THE ONLY SELLER.. Monopoly. The US justice department filed antitrust charges against Microsoft. In 2000 the court declared that Microsoft was a monopoly.. In 2008, the European Commission sent Intel Corp. a new set of antitrust charges for abuse of dominant position with the goal of excluding its main rival from the x86 central processing units market. KEY CONCEPT. A market structure is an economic model that helps economists examine the nature and degree of competition among businesses in the same industry.. WHY THE CONCEPT MATTERS. The level of competition in a market has a major impact on the prices of products. The more sellers compete for your dollars, the more competitive prices will be.. Introduction. In economics, a monopoly is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service. Monopolies are characterized by a lack of economic competition for the good or service that they provide and a lack of viable substitute goods.. 12.1 Introducing a New Market Structure. 12.2 Sources of Market Power. 12.3 The Monopolist’s Problem. 12.4 Choosing the Optimal Quantity and Price. 12.5 The “Broken” Invisible Hand: . The Cost . What is a monopoly?. A monopoly forms when barriers prevent firms from entering a market that . has a single . supplier with close to no substitute goods. .. Monopoly markets only have one seller, whereas, perfectly competitive markets have multiple sellers.. Market Structure: Monopoly. Intro to Monopolies. Monopoly is exact opposite of perfect competition. Monopoly – one supplier of a good . Demand curve for the firm = demand curve for the market. Market Structure: Monopoly. The word Monopoly is a combination of two words in which “mono” implies “single” and “poly” means “seller”. Therefore, the market controlled by a sole trader is said to a Monopoly market.. Students will be able to identify and/or define the following terms:. Monopoly. Natural Monopoly. Patent. Do . Now. What is a barrier to entry?. Any condition that makes it difficult to enter a market.. What are the four . barriers to entry. .. Why . monopolists. are constrained by demand.. How . monopolists. set price and quantity.. What . social welfare. losses are associated with monopolies.. What the common public policy responses to monopolies are..