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Market Structures
Market Structures
BILATERAL
only one seller MONOPOLY
MONOPOLY
It's a
market…
* NORMAL: Many producers and demanders, the price is formed by everyone's
actions. Furthermore, this implies that the individual decision of each of them
will have little influence on the global market.
* PERFECT: The good offered by each producer is identical (homogeneous
product) * TRANSPARENT: All participants have full knowledge of the general
conditions under which the market operates
* FREE: Companies will be able to enter and exit the market immediately
whenever they wish.
Although the competitive equilibrium
price is the same for all companies, the
profits are not.
The facilities, machinery and organization and
management of companies are not the same, so
Costs and benefits are also different.
TO COMPETITION
MONOPOLY
TO MONOPOLY
TO OLIGOPOLY
There is only one buyer. This allows you
determine the price, the lowest
possible, and the quantity to buy.
Monopsony generally occurs with
regarding certain factors of production - such as
for example the demand for a certain type of work
specialized- or with raw materials and goods in
process ; there is a monopsony of consumer goods
Furthermore, it can occur in some special cases:
A country's military may be the only buyer of
certain type of equipment or weaponry, or certain
distributors or wholesalers may be the only ones
demanders for certain types of goods that then
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MONOPOLY
Neighborhood Stores
They generally offer the same goods as
other stores, but they differ from each other
being located in different places and
offer different attention.
Other markets that have the attributes of
monopolistic competition are:
The market for books, CDs, movies,
computer games, restaurants,
cookies, furniture, etc.