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Model 1: equilibrium with new firms entering the industry:

  In this model it is assumed that each firm is in short-run equilibrium, maximizing its profits at abnormally high levels. Such a situation is shown in figure 8.2. The firm, having the cos...

Monopolistic Competition (with Assumptions)

Monopolistic Competition (with Assumptions)

Up to the early 1920s the classical theor...

Product Differentiation and the Demand Curve

Product differentiation as the basis for establishing a downward-falling demand curv...

Price-Output Equilibrium under Monopolistic Competition: Equilibrium in Short-Run and Long Run!

  Under monopolistic competition, organizations need to make optimum adjustments in the prices and output sold to attain equilibrium. Apart from this, under monopolistic competition, organi...

Demand and Marginal Revenue Curves (With Diagram)

In monopolistic competition, the demand curve is relatively elastic, due to availability of close substitutes in monopolistic competi...

Monopoly Equilibrium in Case of Zero Marginal Cost:

  In certain situations, it may happen that MC is zero, which implies that the cost of production is zero. For example, cost of production of spring water is zero. However, the monopolist will...

Determining Price and Output under Monopoly: Suppose demand function for monopoly is Q = 200-0.4Q

 

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Price function is P= 1000-10Q Cost function is TC= 100 + 40Q + Q2 Maximum profit is achieved where MR=MC ...

Price and Output Determination under Monopoly

Monopoly refers to a market structure in which there is a single producer or seller ...

simplify product group analysis, Chamberlin has given two assumptions, which are as follows:

  i. He assumed that the demand and cost curves of all products forming the group are the same or uniform. This assumption is termed as uniformity assumption. According to this assumption, the...