UNIT 1 AOS 2 Flashcards
Perfect competitive market
- Strong comp
- Large number of firms
- No barriers
- Sell homogenous products
- Perfect information
- Consumers = price makers
Monopolistic
- Quite strong comp
- Many small firms
- Low barriers
- Differentiated products
- Relatively good information
- Producers are price makers
Oligopoly
- Moderate competition
- Few large firms
- High barriers to entry
- Differentiated products
- Controlled by Seller
- Consumers = price takers
Monopoly
- 1 seller
- buy or not buy = consumer
- consumer = price takers
- cannot entry
- 1 product
Dominos for shifting
- Impact
- Shift
- Original (shortage/surplus)
- Price
- Signals
- get to e2
Relative prices
the def
Definition: the price of one good or service compared to another in any given market.
Relative prices increase
what happends when RP increase
Relative prices increase
1. Signals to produce more.
2. More profitable
3. Incentive
4. Greater production
5. Greater access to G+S
Relative prices decrease
what happends when realtive prices decrease
Relative prices decrease
1. Signals to produce less
2. Less profitable
3. Incentive
4. Less production
5. Less access to G+S
Price discrimination
Anti-competitive business behaviour
charge different price to different customers
Exclusive dealing
Refuses to supply their products or services to one or more firms due to an special agreement.