Key Terms

Match each of the terms on the left with its definition on the right. Click on the term first and then click on the matching definition. As you match them correctly they will move to the bottom of the activity.

Question

Monopolist
Monopoly
Market power
Barrier to entry
Natural monopoly
Patent
Copyright
Oligopoly
Oligopolist
Duopoly
Duopolist
Collusion
Cartel
Noncooperative Behavior
Public Ownership
Price regulation
Antitrust policy
Tacit collusion
Price war
Monopolistic Competition
Product differentiation
Imperfect competition
efforts undertaken by the government to prevent oligopolistic industries from becoming or behaving like monopolies.
an oligopoly consisting of only two firms
a collapse of prices when tacit collusion breaks down
something that prevents other firms from entering an industry. Crucial in protecting the profits of a monopolist.
a market structure in which no firm is a monopolist, but producers nonetheless have market power they can use to affect market prices
exists when increasing returns to scale provide a large cost advantage to having all output produced by a single firm
cooperation among producers to limit production and raise prices so as to raise one another’s profits
an industry with only a small number of producers
the ability of a firm to raise prices
a firm in an industry with only a small number of producers
cooperation among producers, without a formal agreement, to limit production and raise prices so as to raise one anothers’ profits
gives an inventor a temporary monopoly in the use or sale of an invention
actions by firms that ignore the effects of those actions on the profits of other firms
an agreement among several producers to obey output restrictions in order to increase their joint profits
a firm that is the only producer of a good that has no close substitutes
a limitation on the price a monopolist is allowed to charge
one of the two firms in a duopoly.
a market structure in which there are many competing producers in an industry, each producer sells a differentiated product, and there is free entry and exit into and from the industry in the long run.
when goods are supplied by the government or by a firm owned by the government to protect the interests of the consumer in response to natural monopoly.
the attempt by a firm to convince buyers that its product is different from the products of other firms in the industry
an industry controlled by a monopolist.
gives the creator of a literary or artistic work sole rights to profit from that work

Monopolist, p. 241

Monopoly, p. 241

Market power, p. 242

Barrier to entry, p. 243

Natural monopoly, p. 243

Patent, p. 245

Copyright, p. 245

Oligopoly, p. 253

Oligopolist, p. 253

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Imperfect competition, p. 253

Duopoly, p. 254

Duopolist, p. 254

Collusion, p. 254

Cartel, p. 254

Noncooperative behavior, p. 256

Public ownership, p. 260

Price regulation, p. 260

Antitrust policy, p. 261

Tacit collusion, p. 262

Price war, p. 263

Monopolistic competition, p. 264

Product differentiation, p. 265