Monopoly

Sources of market power -Entry to the market is blocked.

-Entry could be patent or trademark protected

-Entry could be government protected

-Entry could be protected by economies of scale

Profit maximization

Monopoly-Profit Maximizing

Loss Minimizing

Monopoly-Loss Minimizing

Technical Aspects of Monopoly

Inefficiency of monopoly

Consumer and Producer Surplus

Dead weight loss

Elasticity

Monopoly Analysis

Price discrimination

Natural monopoly

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