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Monopoly
Chapter 13
Question | Answer |
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Barriers to entry | Obsstacles preventing the arrival of new firms to compete with the monopolist |
Deregulation | This is where the government allows more suppliers of a good or service into the market and removes restrictions on their activities. |
Legal monopoly | A situation where the government has enacted a law giving a state company exclusive rights to supply a particular good or service. |
Monopoly | A monopoly is a market structure where the entire output of a good or service is supplied by one firm. |
Natural monopoly | This is where a firm acquires a monopoly through its ownership of an essential raw material required for production. |
Patent | A temporary monopoly granted to a company that has invented a new product or process so that it can recoup its costs before facing competition. |