• as a tight oligopoly. A loose oligopoly occurs when the four-firm concentration is in the range of 40-60. Some characteristics of oligopolies include: Profit...
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  • the paradox of excess capacity and price exceeding marginal cost. In an oligopoly market structure, the market is supplied by a small number of firms (more...
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    producers. An oligopoly is a market structure in which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of firms (oligopolists). Oligopolies can create...
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  • "Oligopoly - characteristics | Economics Online | Economics Online". 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2021-04-18. Carr, Christopher (2020). Global Oligopoly : a...
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    published "Demand Under Conditions of Oligopoly." Sweezy argued that an ordinary demand curve does not apply to oligopoly markets and promotes a kinked demand...
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    (from Greek δύο, duo "two" and πωλεῖν, polein "to sell") is a type of oligopoly where two firms have dominant or exclusive control over a market, and...
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    can be homogeneous or differentiated). Three types of oligopoly. Due to the hallmark of oligopoly being the presence of strategic interactions among rival...
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  • form of oligopoly), in which several providers act together to coordinate services, prices or sale of goods. Monopolies, monopsonies and oligopolies are all...
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    from raising prices unilaterally); on the other hand, any firm in an oligopoly which lowers its prices will most likely be matched by competitors, resulting...
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  • buying up competitors to eliminate competition and maintain a monopoly or oligopoly, or as an antonym to catch-and-release, a common term in flyfishing –...
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    the field of economics he is best known for his work in the field of oligopoly theory, Cournot competition, which is named after him. Cournot worked...
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  • concentration 40% – 70% An industry in this range is likely an oligopoly. An oligopoly describes a market structure which is dominated by a small number...
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  • they generally need to be a monopoly or a dominant firm in a duopoly or oligopoly who has significant influence over the market. Anti-competitive behaviour...
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    2020-11-29. Staff, Investopedia. "Oligopoly". Investopedia. Retrieved 2020-10-28. Krylovskiy, Nikolay (20 January 2020). "Oligopoly". Economics Online. Retrieved...
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    Competition law Basic concepts History of competition law Monopoly and oligopoly Coercive monopoly Natural monopoly Barriers to entry Herfindahl–Hirschman...
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  • of a good), duopoly (in which there are only two sellers of a good), oligopoly (in which there are few sellers of a good), monopolistic competition (in...
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  • has complete control over supply and can extract a monopoly price. An oligopoly - a small number of producers - can also sustain an undersupply if no...
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    would be if there was no competition (monopoly) or little competition (oligopoly).[citation needed] However, competition may also lead to wasted (duplicated)...
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    An oligopoly is a case where barriers are present, but more than one firm is able to maintain the majority of the market share. In an oligopoly, firms...
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    system of oil production in favor of oil-producing states and away from an oligopoly of dominant Anglo-American oil firms (the "Seven Sisters"). In the 1970s...
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  • (i.e. explicit collusion) is absent. Examples are Cournot oligopoly, and Bertrand oligopoly for differentiated products. Bain's (1956) original concern...
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    Vladimir Lenin in 1916 and published in 1917. It describes the formation of oligopoly, by the interlacing of bank and industrial capital, in order to create...
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  • Planned obsolescence tends to work best when a producer has at least an oligopoly. Before introducing a planned obsolescence, the producer has to know that...
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  • companies in an oligopoly model compete in prices, the motive for inter-temporal price discrimination would appear in the oligopoly market. Price discrimination...
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    underlying principles of antitrust laws (breaking up monopolies and oligopolies and promoting more competition), but that he came to the conclusion that...
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  • landscape of corporate media ownership in the United States of America as an oligopoly. Some believe media integrity to be at risk when ownership of the media...
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