Friday, May 31, 2013

Monopoly

 If a Competitive Firm is a price taker, so a monopoly firm is a price maker.
Terms :
  • There is one firm in the market
  • There is not other seller which can sell a substitution for output. 
  • There is a barriers to other firm to entry.

Why monopolist arise?  Main cause monopoly is "barriers to entry"
Monopoly Resources
Although exclusive ownership of a key resource is a potential source of monopoly, in practice monopolies rarely arise for this reason.
A monopolist revenue
TR = P * Q = TR
TR/Q = AR = Q

Marginal Revenue
delta TR / delta Q = MR

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