Market structure identifies how a market is composed in terms of the number of firms, nature of products, degree of monopoly power, and barriers to entry. Markets range from perfect competition to pure monopoly based on imperfections. The level of competition affects consumer benefits and firm behavior. While models simplify reality, they provide benchmarks to analyze real world situations, where regulation may influence firm actions.
Non price competition is among the characteristics of Oligopoly market where firms compete to win the market share by aggressive advertisement programs rather than price. The climax of Non-price competition is the formation of Cartels which are illegal in most economies.
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Duopoly : - it is special case of oligopoly where only two supplier is in the market.(Duo = two & poly = supplier) so name describe it's means...
Note : - mono = one & Oligo = Few so we can define this terms using its name easily.
A market can be defined as a group of firms willing and able to sell a similar product or service to the same potential buyers.
Imperfect competition covers all situations where there is neither pure competition nor pure monopoly.
Perfect competition and pure monopoly are very unlikely to be found in the real world.
In the real world, it is the imperfect competition lying between perfect competition and pure monopoly.
The fundamental distinguishing characteristic of imperfect competition is that average revenue curve slopes downwards throughout its length, but it slopes downwards at different rates in different categories of imperfect competition.
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Single seller selling a product which has no close substitutes.
Monopolies are characterized by a lack of economic competition to produce the good or service, a lack of viable substitute goods, and the existence of a high monopoly price well above the firm's marginal cost that leads to a high monopoly profit
The word “oligopoly” comes from the Greek “oligos” meaning "little or small” and “polein” meaning “to sell.” When “oligos” is used in the plural, it means “few” ,few firms or few sellers.
DEFINATION:
Oligopoly is that form of market where there are few firms and there is natural interdependence among the firms regarding price and output policy.
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2. Market Structure
• Market structure – identifies how a market
is made up in terms of:
– The number of firms in the industry
– The nature of the product produced
– The degree of monopoly power each firm has
– The degree to which the firm can influence price
– Profit levels
– Firms’ behavior – pricing strategies, non-price competition, output
levels
– The extent of barriers to entry
– The impact on efficiency
6. Market Structure
• Importance:
• Degree of competition affects
the consumer – will it benefit
the consumer or not?
• Impacts on the performance
and behavior of the company/companies
involved
7. Market Structure
• Models – a word of warning!
– Market structure deals with a number of economic ‘models’
– These models are a representation of reality to help us to understand
what may be happening in real life
– There are extremes to the model that are unlikely
to occur in reality
– They still have value as they enable us to draw comparisons and
contrasts with what is observed
in reality
– Models help therefore in analyzing and evaluating – they offer a
benchmark
8. Market Structure
• Characteristics of each model:
– Number and size of firms that make up
the industry
– Control over price or output
– Freedom of entry and exit from the industry
– Nature of the product – degree of similarity of the
products in the industry (extent to which products can be
regarded as substitutes for each other)
9. Market Structure
Characteristics: Look at these everyday products – what type of
market structure are the producers of these products operating
in?
Remember to
think about the
nature of the
product, entry and
exit, behavior of
the firms, number
and size of the
firms in the
industry.
You might even
have to ask what
the industry is??Canon SLR CameraBananas
Mercedes CLK Coupe
Vodka
Electric
Guitar –
Jazz Body
10. Perfect Competition
• One extreme of the market structure spectrum
• Characteristics:
– Large number of firms
– Products are identical – consumer has no reason to express a
preference for any firm
– Freedom of entry and exit into and out
of the industry
– Firms are price takers – have no control
over the price they charge for their product
– Each producer supplies a very small proportion
of total industry output
– Consumers and producers have perfect knowledge about the market
11. Monopolistic or Imperfect Competition
• Where the conditions of perfect competition do
not hold, ‘imperfect competition’ will exist
• Varying degrees of imperfection give rise to
varying market structures
• Monopolistic competition is one of these – not to
be confused with monopoly!
12. Monopolistic or Imperfect Competition
• Characteristics:
– Large number of firms in the industry
– May have some element of control over price due to the
fact that they are able to differentiate their product in
some way from their rivals – products are therefore close,
but not perfect, substitutes
– Entry and exit from the industry is relatively easy – few
barriers to entry and exit
– Consumer and producer knowledge imperfect
13. Monopolistic or Imperfect Competition
• Some important points about monopolistic
competition:
– May reflect a wide range of markets
– Not just one point on a scale – reflects many
degrees
of ‘imperfection’
– Examples?
14. Monopolistic or Imperfect Competition
• Restaurants
• Plumbers/electricians/local builders
• Private schools
• Plant hire firms
• Insurance brokers
• Health clubs
• Hairdressers
• Real Estate agents
15. Monopolistic or Imperfect Competition
• In each case there are many firms
in the industry
• Each can try to differentiate its product
in some way
• Entry and exit to the industry is relatively free
• Consumers and producers do not have perfect knowledge of
the market – the market may indeed be relatively localised.
Can you imagine trying to search out the details, prices,
reliability, quality of service, etc for every plumber in the
United States in the event of an emergency??
16. Oligopoly
• Competition between the few
– May be a large number of firms in the industry but the
industry is dominated
by a small number of very large producers
• Concentration Ratio – the proportion of total market
sales (share) held by the top 3,4,5, etc firms:
– A 4 firm concentration ratio of 75% means the top 4 firms
account for 75% of all
the sales in the industry
17. Oligopoly
• Example:
• Music sales –
The music industry has
a 5-firm concentration
ratio of 75%.
Independents make up
25% of the market but
there could be many
thousands of firms that
make up this
‘independents’ group.
An oligopolistic market
structure therefore
may have many firms
in the industry but it is
dominated by a few
large sellers.
Market Share of the Music Industry 2002. Source IFPI: http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/press/20030909.html
18. Oligopoly
• Features of an oligopolistic market structure:
– Price may be relatively stable across the industry
– Behaviour of firms affected by what they believe their rivals
might do – interdependence of firms
– Goods could be identical or highly differentiated
– Branding and brand loyalty may be a potent source of competitive advantage
– Non-price competition may be prevalent
– Game theory can be used to explain some behaviour
– High barriers to entry
19. Duopoly
• Market structure where the industry is dominated
by two large producers
– Price leadership by the larger of the two firms may exist – the
smaller firm follows the price lead
of the larger one
– Highly interdependent
– High barriers to entry
– In reality, local duopolies may exist
20. Monopoly
• Pure monopoly – where only
one producer exists in the industry
• In reality, rarely exists – usually
some form of substitute available!
• Firms may be investigated for examples of
monopoly power when market share exceeds
25%
• Use term ‘monopoly power’ with care!
21. Monopoly
• Monopoly power – refers to cases where firms influence
the market in some way through their behavior –
determined by the degree
of concentration in the industry
– Influencing prices
– Influencing output
– Erecting barriers to entry
– Pricing strategies to prevent or stifle competition
– May not pursue profit maximization – encourages unwanted
entrants to the market
– Sometimes seen as a cause of market failure
22. Monopoly
• Origins of monopoly:
– Through growth of the firm
– Through uniting, merger or takeover
– Through acquiring patent or license
23. Monopoly
• Summary of characteristics of firms exercising
monopoly power:
– Price – could be deemed too high, may be set to destroy
competition (destroyer or predatory pricing), price
discrimination possible.
– Efficiency – could be inefficient due to lack of competition
(X- inefficiency) or…
• could be higher due to availability of high profits
24. Monopoly
• Innovation - could be high because
of the promise of high profits, Possibly encourages
high investment in research and development (R&D)
• High levels of branding, advertising
and non-price competition
25. Monopoly
• Problems with models – a reminder:
– Often difficult to distinguish between a monopoly
and an oligopoly – both may exhibit behavior
that reflects monopoly power
– Monopolies and oligopolies do not necessarily aim
for traditional assumption of profit maximisation
– Degree of contestability of the market may influence behavior
– Monopolies not always ‘bad’ – may be desirable
in some cases but may need strong regulation
– Monopolies do not have to be big – could exist locally
26. Market Structures
• Final reminders:
• Models can be used as a comparison – they are not necessarily meant to BE
reality!
• When looking at real world examples, focus on the behaviour of the firm in
relation to what the model predicts would happen – that gives the basis for
analysis and evaluation of the real world situation.
• Regulation – or the threat of regulation may well affect
the way a firm behaves.
• Remember that these models are based on certain assumptions – in the real world
some of these assumptions may not be valid, this allows us to draw comparisons
and contrasts.
• The way that governments deal with firms may be based on a general assumption
that more competition is better than less!
27. Source
• 1. Elementary economic theory - K.K. Dewett
and J.D. Verma
• 2. International Economics - B. Mishra
• 3. Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics -
A.N. Sadhu and A. Singh
• 4. Economics - Paul A. Samelson and W.D.
Nordhans (Pearson Publications)