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Perfect Competition:
2. Homogeneous product:-
It is the most important feature. It says that the product which
these large number of buyers buy from large number of sellers are
identical or we can say perfect substitute that means, if one buyer
increase the price the buyer will buy it from other seller as the
products are identical e.g. rice.
5. Perfect Knowledge:
All the buyers and sellers have perfect knowledge about the market.
A market which comes to exhibit all these conditions is the stock
market. About one stock there are many information available as it is
published.
6. No Cost of Transportation:-
It is assumed cost of transportation does not exist.
In short run, firm may continue its production to recover losses in long
run. In short run as we have discussed in cost concept fixed cost is
incurred even if the output is 0. Now when the firm is incurring loss
then it may go on producing till the loss is less then or equal to total
fixed cost. then the firm may go on producing till the loss less is then
and equal to TFC. If the firm is able to cover its variable cost and part
of fixed cost it will go on producing because if it stops, the firm has to
incur the complete fixed cost as loss and as there will be no variable
cost if there is no production but if the loss is more than fixed cost that
is when producers will decide to shut down. Therefore not only the
whole of fixed cost but also the part of variable cost the firm has to
incur from its pocket, not through revenue. It is advisable to shut
down and incur loss equal to fixed cost as there will be no variable cost
when production is nil.
We assume that all the firms have identical cost condition in the
industry. In short run the firm will keep on producing even when it is
incurring loss but in long run the firm not even getting normal profits
will shut down. As due feature of free entry and exit when a firm at
shut down point will exit the industry which will decrease the supply
and the profit increase and other firms who where are incurring loss
will start getting normal profit. When most of the firms are incurring
profits the industry looks attractive many new firms enter the industry
which increase the supply in the industry and the profit comes down
and the existing firms will return to normal profits from super norm at
profits so in long run under perfect competition the firm incurs normal
profit there are no super normal profit and no huge loss.
the buyers that his brand is superior to the others.
Oligopoly MONOPOLY
Monopsony
Bilateral monopoly
Monopolistic competition
Monopolistic competition is a form of market structure in which
a large number of independent firms are supplying product that
are slightly differentiated from point of view of buyer. This
situation arises when the same commodity is being sold under
brand names e.g. lux, rexsona, dove etc. each firm is sole
producer of particular brand. They are monopolist as far as that
particular brand is concerned. Since various brands are close
substitutes, there is keen competition with each other.
Product differentiation
It does not mean that the product of various firms are
altogether different, they are slightly different which means
they are close substitutes. They are not identical as in perfect
competition but neither are they remote substitutes as in
monopoly. The products are fairly similar and serves as close
substitutes for each other
Two bases of product differentiation
1. Characteristic of the product- such as features,
trademark, trade names etc. real quantitative difference
like those of material used, design and workmanship are
no doubt important means of differentiating products. But
imaginary difference created through advertising, the use
of attractive package, brand name are more usual
methods by which products are differentiated even if
physically they are identical or almost so.
2. Condition surrounding the sales of the product- the
service rendered in the process of selling the product by
one seller is not identical to that of the other. E.g. seller’s
reputation of fair dealing, efficiency, general terms, his
way of doing business, seller’s location etc.
Characteristics
1. Interdependence- the most important feature of oligopoly
is the interdependence in decision making between the
few firms which comprises the industry. When the
numbers of competitors are few, any change in price,
output etc by a firm will have direct effect on the rivals
which will then retaliate in changing their own prices.
2. importance of selling cost and advertisement- a direct
effect of interdependence of oligopolies is that the various
firms have to employ various aggressive marketing
weapons to gain a greater share in the market or to
prevent a fall in the share for which the firms have to
incur a great deal of cost on advertisement and other
measures of sales promotion. Thus, there is great
importance for selling cost and advertisement
3. Group behavior- perfect competition, monopoly and
monopolistic pose no problem of making suitable
assumption about human behavior. Assumption of profit
maximization gives overall good results in these
situations where mass of people are involved and there is
no interdependence of the firms. But in oligopoly the
theory of group behaviors is important as there is
interdependence between the members of the group. Do
they form a group and agree to pull together in promotion
of common interest or will they fight to promote their
individual interest.
Collusive oligopoly
1. cartels
2. price leadership
Cartels
In cartel type of collusive oligopoly price is jointly fixed and
output policy through agreement.
Price leadership
The kinky oligopoly demand curve theory, dose not follow that
the price always remains the same. Whenever the costs and
demand conditions undergo changes and when it is likely to
remain inflexible in the face of changing costs and demand
conditions is explained below
1. Decline in costs- when the cost of production declines, the
price is more likely to remain stable. When the cost of
production falls, then the segment of demand curve above
the prevailing current price will become more elastic
because with lower costs there is a greater certainty that
in increase in price by oligopolist will not be followed by
the rivals and thus will cause greater loss in sales. On the
other hand the lower segment of the demand becomes
more inelastic as there is great certainty that reduction is
price will be followed by the rivals.
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