Monoply Flashcards
Pure monopoly
A market with one seller,firm with 100% market share
What is hypothetical ?
Pure monopoly
What is the firm in monoply?
The market
What does monopoly do to output while raising price?
Restricted output
What 2 competitions have varying degrees of monopoly power?
Oligopoly and monopolistic
How is the monopoly market allocatively inefficient ?
Price is above/greater than marginal cost
How is the monopoly market productively inefficient ?
Not producing where Ac us lowest
Consumer surplus
Difference between maximum price consumers would be willing to pay and price they’d actually pay
(Area between demand curve, price curve and vertical axis)
Producer surplus
Difference between minimum price sellers would be willing to accept and price they would actually recieve
(Area between supply curve price and vertical axis)
What does monoply cause ?
Deadweight loss of welfare