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What exists when a few firms dominate the market?
Oligopoly
What are characteristics of oligopoly?
An oligopoly is characterized by a market with a few firms having a negligible effect on price.
What are the characteristics of an oligopoly?
There are three main characteristics of oligopoly. They are industry dominated by a small number of large firms, the firms sell identical or similar products, and the industry has significant barriers to enter.
When a market is dominated by a few large profitable firms it is considered to be a?
oligopoly
Is Disney an oligopoly?
Disney is not an oligopoly. An oligopoly is a small number of firms who work together to sell a homogeneous or differentiated product. It is instead an industry that has many outputs of different products.
What exists when a few firms dominate the market?
Oligopoly
What are characteristics of oligopoly?
An oligopoly is characterized by a market with a few firms having a negligible effect on price.
When a market is dominated by a few large profitable firms it is considered to be a?
oligopoly
What are the characteristics of an oligopoly?
There are three main characteristics of oligopoly. They are industry dominated by a small number of large firms, the firms sell identical or similar products, and the industry has significant barriers to enter.
Is Disney an oligopoly?
Disney is not an oligopoly. An oligopoly is a small number of firms who work together to sell a homogeneous or differentiated product. It is instead an industry that has many outputs of different products.
What is the one main difference between a monopoly and an oligopoly?
Firms in oligopoly can set prices to a degree but must consider other firms' decisions.
Why is the number of firms small in oligopoly market.explain?
By definition, oligopoly means 'a few firms'. The prefix olig- means 'few' in Greek (e.g.) oligarchy - 'rule of the few') and the suffix -poly is the description of a market.Three reasons an oligopoly may persist even without artificial controls include: 1) the market has high entry costs, which serve as a barrier to entry to new firms because high capital costs provide strict economies of scale to larger firms; 2) the oligopolistic firms collude to control the market and prevent competitors entering; 3) leading firms out-compete new firms by artificially lowering prices, initiating a price war which the smaller firms can't afford as larger firms with more financial capital can.
What is the meaning of the word oligopoly?
An oligopoly is an intermediate market structure between the extremes of perfect competition and monopoly. Oligopoly firms might compete (noncooperative oligopoly) or cooperate (cooperative oligopoly) in the Marketplace.
What is meant by market structure?
An oligopoly is an intermediate market structure between the extremes of perfect competition and monopoly. Oligopoly firms might compete (noncooperative oligopoly) or cooperate (cooperative oligopoly) in the Marketplace.
Why aren't the prices in a collusive oligopoly unlikely to fall?
Prices in a collusive oligopoly are unlike to fall, because if prices fall that only benefits the consumer, so the firms will not do it. Also in a collusive oligopoly firms get together and FIX the prices, which answers the question.
What type of competition would most likely exist with a four-firm concentration ratio of 94?
Either an oligopoly (dominated by a few firms) or monopoly (if these 4 firms collude - control price and supply)
A situation where there are a few large firms and any change in one firm's output or prices will affect the whole market is known as?
oligopoly (study islands)
