Oligo poly in economics
Oligopoly is a market structure with a small number of firms, none of which can keep the others from having significant influence. The concentration ratio measures the market share of the largest firms. A monopoly is one firm, a duopoly is two firms and an oligopoly is two or more firms.
Oligopoly arises when a small number of large firms have all or most of the sales in an industry. Examples of oligopoly abound and include the auto industry, cable television, and commercial air travel. Oligopolistic firms are like cats in a bag.
a competitive situation in which there are only a few sellers (of products that can be differentiated but not to any great extent); each seller has a high percentage of the market and cannot afford to ignore the actions of the others.
Four characteristics of an oligopoly industry are:
- Few sellers. There are just several sellers who control all or most of the sales in the industry.
- Barriers to entry. It is difficult to enter an oligopoly industry and compete as a small start-up company. ...
- Interdependence. ...
- Prevalent advertising.
Oligopoly is the situation in which a firm based its market policy in part on the expected behaviour of a few rivals.
Oligopoly situation can be classified on different bases:
- Basis of Product Differentiation: ADVERTISEMENTS: ...
- Basis of Entry of Firms: On the basis of the possibility of entry of new firms into the industry, oligopoly may be classified as Open Oligopoly and Closed Oligopoly. ...
- Basis of Price Leadership: ...
- Basis of Agreement:
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