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Monopolistic Monopolistic CompetitionCompetition
Chapter 17
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The Four Types of Market StructureThe Four Types of Market Structure
Monopoly Oligopoly Monopolistic
Competition
Perfect Competitio
n
• Tap water
• Cable TV
• Tennis balls
• Crude oil
• Novels
• Movies
• Wheat
• Milk
Number of Firms?
Type of Products?
Many firms
One firm Few
firms Differentiated products
Identical products
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Types of Imperfectly Types of Imperfectly Competitive MarketsCompetitive Markets
Monopolistic Competition Many firms selling products that are
similar but not identical. Oligopoly
Only a few sellers, each offering a similar or identical product to the others.
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Monopolistic CompetitionMonopolistic Competition
Markets that have some features of competition and some features of monopoly.
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Attributes of Monopolistic Attributes of Monopolistic CompetitionCompetition
Many sellers Product differentiation Free entry and exit
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Many SellersMany SellersThere are many firms competing for the same group of customers.
Product examples include books, CDs, movies, computer games, restaurants, piano lessons, cookies, furniture, etc.
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Product DifferentiationProduct Differentiation
Each firm produces a product that is at least slightly different from those of other firms.
Rather than being a price taker, each firm faces a downward-sloping demand curve.
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Free Entry or ExitFree Entry or Exit
Firms can enter or exit the market without restriction.
The number of firms in the market adjusts until economic profits are zero.
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Monopolistic Competitors in the Monopolistic Competitors in the Short Run...Short Run...
(a) Firm Makes a Profit
Quantity0
Price
Demand
MR
ATC
Profit
MC
Profit- maximizing
quantity
PriceAverage
total cost
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Monopolistic Competitors in the Monopolistic Competitors in the Short Run...Short Run...
Quantity0
Price
Demand
MR
Losses
(b) Firm Makes LossesMC
ATC
Averagetotal cost
Loss- minimizing
quantity
Price
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Monopolistic Competition in the Monopolistic Competition in the Long RunLong Run
Short-run economic profits encourage new firms to enter the market in the long run. This:
Increases the number of products offered. Reduces demand faced by firms already in
the market. Incumbent firms’ demand curves shift to
the left. Demand for the incumbent firms’ products
fall, and their profits decline.
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Monopolistic Competition in the Monopolistic Competition in the Long RunLong Run
Short-run economic losses encourage firms to exit the market in the long run. This:
Decreases the number of products offered. Increases demand faced by the remaining
firms. Shifts the remaining firms’ demand curves
to the right. Increases the remaining firms’ profits.
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The Long-Run EquilibriumThe Long-Run Equilibrium
Firms will enter and exit until the firms are making exactly zero economic profits.
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A Monopolistic Competitor A Monopolistic Competitor in the Long Run...in the Long Run...
Quantity
Price
0
DemandMR
ATC
MC
Profit-maximizingquantity
P=ATC
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Two Characteristics of Long-Run Two Characteristics of Long-Run EquilibriumEquilibrium
As in a monopoly, price exceeds marginal cost. Profit maximization requires marginal
revenue to equal marginal cost. The downward-sloping demand curve
makes marginal revenue less than price.
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Two Characteristics of Long-Run Two Characteristics of Long-Run EquilibriumEquilibrium
As in a competitive market, price equals average total cost. Free entry and exit drive economic
profit to zero.
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Monopolistic versus Perfect Monopolistic versus Perfect CompetitionCompetition
There are two noteworthy differences between monopolistic and perfect competition—excess capacity and markup.
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Excess CapacityExcess Capacity
There is no excess capacity in perfect competition in the long run.
Free entry results in competitive firms producing at the point where average total cost is minimized, which is the efficient scale of the firm.
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Excess CapacityExcess Capacity
There is excess capacity in monopolistic competition in the long run.
In monopolistic competition, output is less than the efficient scale of perfect competition.
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Excess Capacity...Excess Capacity...
Quantity
(a) Monopolistically Competitive Firm(b) Perfectly Competitive Firm
Quantity
Price
P = MR(deman
d curve)
MCATC
Price
Demand
MCATC
Excess capacity
Quantityproduced
Efficientscale
P = MC
Quantityproduced
= Efficientscale
P
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Markup Over Marginal CostMarkup Over Marginal Cost
For a competitive firm, price equals marginal cost.
For a monopolistically competitive firm, price exceeds marginal cost.
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Markup Over Marginal CostMarkup Over Marginal Cost
Because price exceeds marginal cost, an extra unit sold at the posted price means more profit for the monopolistically competitive firm.
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Markup Over Marginal Markup Over Marginal Cost...Cost...
Quantity
(a) Monopolistically Competitive Firm(b) Perfectly Competitive Firm
Quantity
Price
P = MC P = MR(deman
d curve)
MCATC
Quantityproduced
Price
P
Demand
Marginalcost
MCATC
MR
Markup
Quantityproduced
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Monopolistic versus Perfect Monopolistic versus Perfect Competition...Competition...
Quantity
(a) Monopolistically Competitive Firm(b) Perfectly Competitive Firm
Quantity
Price
P = MR(deman
d curve)
MCATC
Quantityproduced
Efficientscale
Price
P
Demand
MCATC
P = MC
Excess capacity
Marginal cost
Markup
MR
Quantity produced = Efficient scale
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Monopolistic Competition and Monopolistic Competition and the Welfare of Societythe Welfare of Society
Monopolistic competition does not have all the desirable properties of perfect competition.
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Monopolistic Competition and Monopolistic Competition and the Welfare of Societythe Welfare of Society
There is the normal deadweight loss of monopoly pricing in monopolistic competition caused by the markup of price over marginal cost.
However, the administrative burden of regulating the pricing of all firms that produce differentiated products would be overwhelming.
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Monopolistic Competition and Monopolistic Competition and the Welfare of Societythe Welfare of Society
Another way in which monopolistic competition may be socially inefficient is that the number of firms in the market may not be the “ideal” one. There may be too much or too little entry.
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Monopolistic Competition and Monopolistic Competition and the Welfare of Societythe Welfare of Society
Externalities of entry include: product-variety externalities. business-stealing externalities.
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Monopolistic Competition and Monopolistic Competition and the Welfare of Societythe Welfare of Society
The product-variety externality: Because consumers get some consumer surplus from the introduction of a new product, entry of a new firm conveys a positive externality on consumers.
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Monopolistic Competition and Monopolistic Competition and the Welfare of Societythe Welfare of Society
The business-stealing externality: Because other firms lose customers and profits from the entry of a new competitor, entry of a new firm imposes a negative externality on existing firms.
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AdvertisingAdvertising
When firms sell differentiated products and charge prices above marginal cost, each firm has an incentive to advertise in order to attract more buyers to its particular product.
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AdvertisingAdvertising
Firms that sell highly differentiated consumer goods typically spend between 10 and 20 percent of revenue on advertising.
Overall, about 2 percent of total revenue, or over $100 billion a year, is spent on advertising.
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AdvertisingAdvertising
Critics of advertising argue that firms advertise in order to manipulate people’s tastes.
They also argue that it impedes competition by implying that products are more different than they truly are.
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AdvertisingAdvertising
Defenders argue that advertising provides information to consumers
They also argue that advertising increases competition by offering a greater variety of products and prices.
The willingness of a firm to spend advertising dollars can be a signal to consumers about the quality of the product being offered.
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Brand NamesBrand Names
Critics argue that brand names cause consumers to perceive differences that do not really exist.
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Brand NamesBrand Names
Economists have argued that brand names may be a useful way for consumers to ensure that the goods they are buying are of high quality. providing information about quality. giving firms incentive to maintain high
quality.
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SummarySummary
A monopolistically competitive market is characterized by three attributes: many firms, differentiated products, and free entry.
The equilibrium in a monopolistically competitive market differs from perfect competition in that each firm has excess capacity and each firm charges a price above marginal cost.
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SummarySummary
Monopolistic competition does not have all of the desirable properties of perfect competition.
There is a standard deadweight loss of monopoly caused by the markup of price over marginal cost.
The number of firms can be too large or too small.
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SummarySummary
The product differentiation inherent in monopolistic competition leads to the use of advertising and brand names.
Critics of advertising and brand names argue that firms use them to take advantage of consumer irrationality and to reduce competition.
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SummarySummary
Defenders argue that firms use advertising and brand names to inform consumers and to compete more vigorously on price and product quality.