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Microeconomics chapters 10, 11, and 12

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monopoly   a market in which a single firm sells a product that does not have any close substitutes  
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market power   the ability of a firm to affect the price of its product  
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barrier to entry   something that prevents firms from entering a profitable market  
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patent   the exclusive right to sell a new good for some period of time  
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network externalities   the value of a product to a consumer increases with the number of other consumers who use it  
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natural monopoly   a market in which the economies of scale in production are so large that only a single large firm can earn a profit  
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deadweight loss from monopoly   a measure of the inefficiency from monopoly; equal to the decrease in the market surplus  
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rent seeking   the process of using public policy to gain economic profit  
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price discrimination   the practice of selling a good at different prices to different consumers  
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monopolistic competition   a market served by many firms that sell slightly different products  
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product differentiation   the process used by firms to distinguish their products from the products of competing firms  
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oligopoly   a market served by a few firms  
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game theory   the study of decision making in strategic situations  
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concentration ratio   the percentage of the market output produced by the largest firms  
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duopoly   a market with two firms  
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cartel   a group of firms that act in unison, coordinating their price and quantity decisions  
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price-fixing   an arrangement in which firms conspire to fix prices  
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game tree   a graphical representation of the consequences of different actions in a strategic setting  
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dominant strategy   an action that is the best choice for a player, no matter what the other player does  
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duopolists' dilemma   a situation in which both firms in a market would be better off if both chose the high price, but each chooses the low price  
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Nash equilibrium   an outcome of a game in which each player is doing the best he or she can, given the action of the other players  
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low-price guarantee   a promise to match a lower price of a competitor  
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grim-trigger strategy   a strategy where a firm responds to underpricing by choosing a price so low that each firm makes zero economic profit  
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tit-for-tat   a strategy where one firm chooses whatever price the other firm chose in the preceding period  
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price leadership   a system under which one firm in an oligopoly takes the lead in setting prices  
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kinked demand curve model   a model in which firms in an oligopoly match price cuts by other firms, but do not match price hikes  
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payoff matrix   a matrix or table that shows, for each possible outcome of a game, the consequences for each player  
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limit pricing   the strategy of reducing the price to deter entry  
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contestable market   a market with low entry and exit costs  
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marginal principle   increase the level of an activity as long as its marginal benefit exceeds its marginal cost. Choose the level at which the marginal benefit equals the marginal cost  
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profit formula   profit= total revenue-total cost  
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A firm has an opportunity for price discrimination if three conditions are met:   1. Market power. 2. Different consumer groups. 3. Resale is not possible.  
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