WorksheetsMarket Structures Economics
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 17mins
If a single firm raises its price it will not be able to sell any of its output.
Perfect Competition
Pure Monopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
The actions of an individual seller do not affect the overall supply or price of a good or service.
Perfect Competition
Pure Monopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
In this market, the producer is the least responsive to buyers' needs and wants.
Perfect Competition
Pure Monopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
Firms in this kind of market produce goods that are very close substitutes.
Perfect Competition
Pure Monopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
In this market, a good is protected from competition by a patent.
Perfect Competition
Pure Monopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
An action by one seller in this market will always affect all the others.
Perfect Competition
Pure Monopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
Public utilities are an example.
Perfect Competition
Pure Monopoly
Monopolistic Competition
Oligopoly
A monopoly based on the absence of other sellers in a certain location is called
an oligopoly
a natural monopoly
a geographic monopoly
economies of scale
Which of the following would be most likely be subject to government monopoly regulations?
computer software company
large oil company
local restaurant
local cable company
When firms agree to charge the same or similar prices for a product, this is known as
price-fixing
independent behavior
natural monopoly
laissez-faire
Public disclosure supports competition by
Providing buys and sellers with information
revealing competitive trade secrets
converting private businesses into government agencies
concentrating information in the hands of the government
Monopolistic competition is separated from pure competition by
collusion
profit maximization
product differentiation
imperfect competition
Hint: think of the soda market
Which type of market structures has many producers (companies) and sell similar but different products from each other? These companies have a little control over the price and there are relatively low barriers to entry.
perfect competition
monopolistic competition
oligopoly
monopoly
