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AP Microeconomics notes from Unit 3, Section 4: These notes cover market structures, perfect competition, barriers to entry, and demand.
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1.
List the four types of market structures.
Answer: Perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopolies, and monopolies
2.
Which market structures are types of imperfect competition?
Answer: Monopolistic competition, oligopolies, and monopolies
3.
What are some characteristics of perfect competition?
Answer: Many small firms that sell identical products (perfect substitutes for each other) Low barriers to entry — easy for firms to enter and exit the industry Seller has no need to advertise Firms are “price takers” (individual firms have no control over the price)
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What are some characteristics of monopolistic competition?
Answer: A relatively large number of sellers that sell differentiated products Some control over price Low barriers to entry — easy for firms to enter Lots of non-price competition
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What are some characteristics of oligopolies?
Answer: A few large producers (<10) that sell identical or differentiated products High barriers to entry Control over price (”price makers”) Mutual interdependence
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What are some characteristics of monopolies?
Answer: One large firm (the firm is the market) that sells a unique product (no close substitutes) High barriers to entry — firms cannot enter the industry Monopolies are “price makers” (set the industry price)
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