Types of Market Structures Explained
Types of Market Structures Explained
A single MONOPOLY
MONOPOLY
BILATERAL
seller
Many MONOPSONY
COMPETENCE
PERFECTA
vendors
TYPES OF MARKET
• Competitive Market
Perfect
• Competition Market
Imperfect
It is a
market...
MANY producers and demanders, the price is
form by the action of all. Furthermore, this implies that the
the individual decision of each of them will hardly exert
influence on the global market
PERFECT: The good that is offered by each producer is
identical (homogeneous product)
COMPETENCE
MONOPOLIC
MONOPOLY
OLIGOPOLY
There is only one buyer. This allows him
determine the price, the lowest
posible, y la cantidad a comprar.
The monopsony generally occurs with
regarding certain factors of production - such as
for example, the demand for a certain type of work
specialized - or with raw materials and goods in
process; there is monopsony of consumer goods
Additionally, it can occur in some special cases: the
the army of a country can be the sole purchaser of
certain kinds of equipment or weaponry, or certain
distributors or wholesalers can be the only ones
claimants of a certain type of goods that later
ofrecerán al público.
Monopsony, like monopoly, is
a theoretically opposite situation to that of
perfect competition
In practice, except for some cases
particularly, monopsonies only
they are present in relatively local markets
reduced or in circumstances where there is a
decisive government intervention.
Thereisalsoacloserelationshipbetweenthe
monopoly and monopsony situations: one
monopolistic company will easily turn into
the only buyer of certain factors
productive, especially raw materials,
semi-finished products and other supplies.
It exists when many come to the market.
producers and many consumers, but they
difference of the perfect competition market in
that companies turn to differentiation of
their products to improve their position
Upon being perceived competitive.
the company's product
as different from the rest on the part of the
consumers, this achieves the advantages
of the monopoly
However, the existence of many
close substitutes significantly restrict
the "monopoly" power of sellers and gives
as a result a very demand curve
elástica.
EXAMPLE S OF COMPETENCE
MONOPOLICA
Local Stores
In general, they offer the same goods as
other stores, but they differ from each other
being located in different places and to
to offer a different kind of care.
Other markets that have the attributes of the
monopolistic competition is:
El mercado de los libros, los CD, las películas,
computer games, restaurants,
the cookies, the furniture, etc.
There is only one bidder who has full
ability to determine the price
(regulating
It can originate
the amount offered)
en:
The granting of a manufacturing patent for a good
(temporary monopoly).
The control of a productive factor by a company, by
example, the raw material.
The state control of an economic sector or resource that
grants a concession to the private sector.