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Oligopoly

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Oligopoly   show
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show Where a few large firms have the majority of the market share  
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Predatory pricing   show
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Integration   show
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show Where actions by one firm will have an effect on the sales and revenue of other large firms in the market  
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show Where firms competitively lower prices to increase their market share  
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Reactive behaviour   show
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show A theoretical approach that tries to analyse the reasons for price stability in oligopoly  
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show A measure indicating the degree to which consumers will purchase a firms’ product rather than a competing firms’ product  
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Discontinuous MR curve   show
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show An analysis of how games players react to changing circumstances and plan their response  
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show Where a gain by one player is matched by a loss by another player  
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Risk averse   show
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Collusion   show
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Prisoners’ dilemma   show
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Nash equilibrium   show
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Restrictive agreements   show
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show Where firms agree to max shared rather than their individual profits  
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Cartel   show
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Price leader   show
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Barometric price leadership   show
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Parallel pricing   show
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show Where firms have reached an ‘agreement’ as to each other’s behaviour as a result of repeated observations over time  
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show The time and money spent by businesses in changing their prices in line with inflation  
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