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Forms of Markets. Various Types of Markets. Buyer. Seller. Essentials of Markets in Economics. Commodity. Transaction. Name the Market based on Features. Large Numbers of Sellers. Large Numbers of Buyers. Homogeneous Commodity. Free Entry and Exit of Firms. Firm is a Price Taker.
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Buyer Seller Essentials of Markets in Economics Commodity Transaction
Large Numbers of Sellers Large Numbers of Buyers
Homogeneous Commodity Free Entry and Exit of Firms
Firm is a Price Taker S Price Revenue D O O Quantity (thousands) Quantity (millions) (a) Industry
Firm is a Price Taker S Price Revenue Pe D O O Quantity (thousands) Quantity (millions) (a) Industry (b) Firm
Firm is a Price Taker S Price Revenue Price Line D = AR Pe AR = MR D O O Quantity (thousands) Quantity (millions) (a) Industry (b) Firm
Name The Type of Market ? PERFECT COMPETITION
Perfect Competition • Features • Very large number of buyers and sellers • Homogenous products • Freedom of entry and exit to the industry • Perfect knowledge of market • Perfect mobility of factors of production • Absence of transport costs
One Seller Large Numbers of Buyers
Restriction on the Entry of New Firms Cartel Formation by Small Firms
Price Discrimination • When the same product is sold at different prices to different buyers
Shape of AR & MR Curves • Downward sloping curves • MR is less than AR Units sold Price TR AR MR 1 5 5 5 5 2 4 8 4 3 3 3 9 3 1 4 2 8 2 - 1 Revenue AR 0 Output MR
Equilibrium Output • Equilibrium price and output • MC = MR MC Supernormal Profits Cost / Revenue AC AR AC AR MR Qm O Q
Monopoly • Defining monopoly • Single seller • Large number of Buyers • No close substitutes • Barriers to entry • Super Normal Profits • Price Discrimination
T H I N K
Imagine You are a CEO of a global software company. How will you decide your price policy? Can price discrimination be made socially desirable?