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A monopoly is a form of market structure in which there is only one firm which produces a certain good or service that has no close substitudes and in which the firm is protected from competition by a barier that prevents the entry of new firms.

  • Barriers to entry: legal or natural constraints that protect a firm from potential competitors
    • Legal monopoly: a market in which competition and entry are restricted by the granting of a publich franchise (exclusive right granted to a firm to suply a good or service i.e. Canada Post), government licence (control of entry into a particular occupation, profession and/or industry; requires a licence), patent (exclusive right granted to the inventor of a good or service), or copyright (an exclusive right granted to the author/composer of a literary piece, be it music, art or drama work)
    • Natural monopoly: an industry in which one firm can supply the entire market at a lower average total cost han two or more firms can; there is a natural barriers to entry such as electric power.

The firm can essentially set its own prices because there is no competition.

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