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- 3. The Four Types of Market Structure Copyright © 2004 South-Western • Tap water • Cable TV Monopoly (Chapter 15) • Novels • Movies Monopolistic Competition (Chapter 17) • Tennis balls • Crude oil Oligopoly (Chapter 16) Number of Firms? Perfect • Wheat • Milk Competition (Chapter 14) Type of Products? Identical products Differentiated products One firm Few firms Many firms
- 11. Figure 1 Monopolistic Competition in the Short Run Copyright©2003 Southwestern/Thomson Learning Quantity 0 Price (a) Firm Makes Profit Profit- maximizing quantity Price Demand MR ATC Average total cost Profit MC
- 13. Figure 1 Monopolistic Competitors in the Short Run Copyright©2003 Southwestern/Thomson Learning Quantity 0 Price (b) Firm Makes Losses Demand Price Loss- minimizing quantity Average total cost MR Losses ATC MC
- 15. Figure 2 A Monopolistic Competitor in the Long Run Copyright©2003 Southwestern/Thomson Learning Quantity Price 0 Demand MR ATC MC Profit-maximizing quantity P = ATC
- 19. Figure 3 Monopolistic versus Perfect Competition Copyright©2003 Southwestern/Thomson Learning Quantity 0 Price (a) Monopolistically Competitive Firm Quantity 0 Price (b) Perfectly Competitive Firm Demand P = MC P = MR (demand curve) MC ATC MC ATC MR Efficient scale P Quantity produced Quantity produced = Efficient scale
- 21. Figure 3 Monopolistic versus Perfect Competition Copyright©2003 Southwestern/Thomson Learning Quantity 0 Price (a) Monopolistically Competitive Firm Quantity 0 Price (b) Perfectly Competitive Firm Demand P = MC P = MR (demand curve) Markup MC ATC MC ATC MR Marginal cost P Quantity produced Quantity produced
- 22. Figure 3 Monopolistic versus Perfect Competition Copyright©2003 Southwestern/Thomson Learning Quantity 0 Price (a) Monopolistically Competitive Firm Quantity 0 Price (b) Perfectly Competitive Firm Demand P = MC P = MR (demand curve) Markup Excess capacity MC ATC MC ATC MR Marginal cost Efficient scale P Quantity produced Quantity produced = Efficient scale