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Monopoly
MEANING OF MONOPOLY
 “MONOPOLY” is derived from two Greek words:
 “MONOS” means single .
 “POLUS” means a seller .
Definition
 Monopoly refers to the market situation where
there is a
Single seller selling a product which has no
close substitutes.
For example:- Railways in india.
Features
 Single seller
 No close substitutes
 Restriction on entry and exit
 Price discrimination
 Price maker
Reasons for emergence of
monopoly
 Government licensing
 Patent rights
 Cartel
 Control on raw material
Demand curve under
monopoly
 A monopoly firm is like an industry as the
single seller constitutes the entire market for
the product, which has no close substitutes.
So, a monopolist has full freedom and power
to fix price for the product.
 However, demand of the product is not in the
control of the monopoly firm. In order to
increase the output to be sold , monopolist will
have to reduce the price.
 Therefore, monopoly firm faces a downward
sloping demand curve.
Output is measured along the X- axis and price
and revenue along the Y-axis. At price OP, a seller
can sell OQ quantity. Demand rises rises to OQ1 if
the price is reduced to OP1. so demand curve under
monopoly is negatively sloped as more quantity can
be sold only at a lower price.
MR<AR UNDER MONOPOLY
 A monopoly firm faces a downward sloping
demand curve as more output can be sold
only by reducing the price.
 As a result, revenue generated from every
additional unit(known as MR) is less than
price(AR) of the product . Due to this reason,
MR is less than AR.
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Monopoly

  • 2. MEANING OF MONOPOLY  “MONOPOLY” is derived from two Greek words:  “MONOS” means single .  “POLUS” means a seller .
  • 3. Definition  Monopoly refers to the market situation where there is a Single seller selling a product which has no close substitutes. For example:- Railways in india.
  • 4. Features  Single seller  No close substitutes  Restriction on entry and exit  Price discrimination  Price maker
  • 5. Reasons for emergence of monopoly  Government licensing  Patent rights  Cartel  Control on raw material
  • 6. Demand curve under monopoly  A monopoly firm is like an industry as the single seller constitutes the entire market for the product, which has no close substitutes. So, a monopolist has full freedom and power to fix price for the product.  However, demand of the product is not in the control of the monopoly firm. In order to increase the output to be sold , monopolist will have to reduce the price.  Therefore, monopoly firm faces a downward sloping demand curve.
  • 7. Output is measured along the X- axis and price and revenue along the Y-axis. At price OP, a seller can sell OQ quantity. Demand rises rises to OQ1 if the price is reduced to OP1. so demand curve under monopoly is negatively sloped as more quantity can be sold only at a lower price.
  • 8. MR<AR UNDER MONOPOLY  A monopoly firm faces a downward sloping demand curve as more output can be sold only by reducing the price.  As a result, revenue generated from every additional unit(known as MR) is less than price(AR) of the product . Due to this reason, MR is less than AR.