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Market Structures

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Laissez-faire   philosophy that gov should not interfere with business activities  
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Market Structure   nature and degree of competition among firms in the same industry  
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Perfect Competition   market structure with many well-informed and independent buyers and sellers who exchange identical products  
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Imperfect Competition   market structure that does not meet all conditions of perfect competition  
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Monopolistic Competition   market structure that meets all conditions of perfect competition except identical products  
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Product Differentiation   Real or imagined differences between competing products in the same industry  
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Nonprice Competition   sales strategy focusing on products’ appearances, qualities, or designs rather than prices  
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Oligopoly   market structure in which a few large sellers dominate the industry  
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Collusion   agreement, usually illegal, among producers to fix prices, limit output, or divide markets  
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Price-Fixing   agreement, usually illegal, among producers to fix prices, limit output, or divide markets  
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Monopoly   market structure with a single seller of a particular product  
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Natural Monopoly   market structure where average costs of production are lowest when a single firm existsq  
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Economies of Scale   situation in which the average cost of production falls as a firm gets larger  
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Geographic Monopoly   market structure in which one firm has a monopoly in a geographic area  
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Technological Monopoly   monopoly based on firm’s ownership or control of production method, process, or other scientific advancement  
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Government Monopoly   a monopoly owned and operate by the government  
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Market Failure   condition that causes a competitive market to fail  
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Public Goods   goods or services whose benefits are available to everyone and are paid for collectively  
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Externality   economic side effect that affects an uninvolved third party  
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Negative Externality   harmful side effect that affects an uninvolved third party  
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Positive Externality   beneficial side effect that affects an uninvolved third party  
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Trust   Illegal combination of corporations or companies organized to hinder competition  
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Price Discrimination   Practice of selling the same product at different prices to different buyers  
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Cease and Desist Order   Ruling requiring a company to stop an unfair business practice that reduces or limits competition  
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Public Disclosure   Requirement that a business reveal information about its products or its operations to the public  
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