Market Structure

Why does no one firm dominate in a perfect competition?

• No firm wants to
• Each firm sells to different people
• Each firm produces so little of the total supply that they cannot influence prices
• One firm will eventually dominate and make it a monopoly

Factors that make it difficult for new firms to enter a market are called

• Barriers to entry
• Factors of production
• Limited supply
• Monopolistic Outlook

How many firms are there in a monopoly?

• 1
• 2-5
• Many

What prevents firms from entering a monopoly?

• Barriers to Entry

• Technology

• Price

• Barriers to Travel

An industry that is dominated by a few large firms is 

• monopolistic competition.
• a monopoly.
• perfect competition.
• an oligopoly.

A market structure characterized by firms producing similar product with easy entry into the market

• Perfect Competition
• Monopolistic Competition
• Monopoly

The jeans industry would fall into what type of market structure? ( jeans are similar but there are some differences in the product)

• monopoly
• oligopoly
• perfect competition
• monopolistic competition

Which is NOT a characteristic of a monopoly?

• Seller sets the market price
• Entry into the market is easy
• Firm sells a unique product
• One seller

Which is NOT a characteristic of perfect competition?

• difficult entry into the market
• many sellers
• identical product
• no control over price  

A market that has a few sellers of basically the same goods.

• Perfect Competition

• Pure Monopoly

• Monopolistic Competition

• Oligopoly