1) Oligopoly: Oligopoly is a type of market structure in which very few sellers or firms holds the majority of the market. Oligopoly is resulted from a wide range of collusions which makes the competition to be lower and makes high prices for consumers. There is no specific limit for the number of firms but the number should be minimum. The actions of one firm will automatically effect the others firms.…
Paramount was accused of being n monopolizing force in the movie industry in 1921 by the FTC. The FTC believed that the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was buying the other companies to monopolize the industry. The Department of Justice opened an investigation against Paramount for allegedly block booking to keep the industry in an anticompetitive state. Almost seven years later in 1928 Paramount- Famous Players-Lasky and nine other companies were facing antitrust charges. Due to the great depression…
marginal revenue equals marginal l cost (P = MC), and is productively efficient because average costs are minimized. Practical examples of firms in perfect competition The assumptions of any perfectly competitive market are obviously at variance with the conditions which actually exist in real world markets. Some markets roughly conform to individual expectations, for example, the stock exchange is characterized by a fairly free-flow of information but the information requires expertise to comprehend…