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Chapter 14 Mechanics of Profit Maximization
ECON 305 Boyes Chapter 14
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Economics
Undergraduate 3
05/18/2014

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Perfect Competition
Definition
Large # of firms- whatever one firm does has no effect on the market
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Monopoly
Definition
Only one Firm supplies a good or service
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Monopolistic Competition
Definition
Large number of Firms - but each firm's Brand is slightly different. Product Differentiation is what makes it different from Perfectly competitve - Beer
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Oligopoly
Definition
Smart # of Firms but each firm is large enough to effect the other firms in the market.Can be differentiated- Cars
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Profit Maximization
Definition
MR=MC
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Breakeven
Definition
TC=TFC+TVC or TC = TR
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Oligopoly Types
Definition
Cartel
Kinked Demand
Cournot Model
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Kinked Demand
Definition
In Oligolopy the firms do not know the demand. So where MR = MC is shifting. They must predict how competition responds to price change
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Cartel
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OPEC- they act and react to each other so that all are at MC = MR
Price Discrimination Result like in the airlines.
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