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Chapter 13
Micro Econ
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Monopoly | An industry controlled by a monopolist |
| 4 principal models of market structure | Perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition |
| Monopolist | A firm that is the only producer of a good that has no close substitutes |
| Market Power | The ability of a monopolist to raise its price above the competitive level by reducing output |
| Natural Monopoly | Exists when increasing returns to scale provide a large cost advantage to a single firm that produces all of an industry's output |
| MR | a-2bQ |
| New Drug | Patent Laws, monopoly, produce Q where MR=MC P>MC |
| Generic Drug | Competitive market, Produce Q where MR=MC P=MC |
| Antitrust policy | Government policies used to prevent or eliminate monopolies |
| Single-price monopolist | one who charges all consumers the same price |
| Price discrimination | Monopolists increase profits by charging different customers different prices for the same good |