The Monopoly Market power Monopoly equilibrium Welfare aspects.
12712 Monopoly I
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The market structure of Monopoly
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` A monopoly is a market structure in which thereis a single supplier of a product.
` The monopoly firm (monopolist): M
ay be small or lar ge. Must be the ONLY supplier of the product.
Sells a product for which there are NO closesubstitutes.
` Monopolies are fair ly common: U.S. Postal Service, local utility companies, local cableprovider s, etc.
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` Monopoly i r t str t r i ich si le
f ir es the e tir e r et.
` M n lies exist ecause f arr iers t entr int
a ar et that r event competition.
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` Monopolies often ar ise as a r esult of arr iers to entr .
` Barri r t tr : an thing that impedes the abilit of
f ir ms to begin a new business in an industr inwhich existing f ir ms ar e earning positive economic
pr of its.
` Ther e ar e thr ee gener al classes of barr iers to entr :
Natur al barr iers, the most common being
economies of scale
Actions b fir ms to eep other f ir ms out
Gover nment (legal) barrier s
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` In some industr ies, the lar ger the scale of production, the lower the costs of production.
` Entrants are not usually able to enter the market
assured of or capable of a very lar ge volume of production and sales.
` This gives incumbent f irms a signif icantadvantage.
` Examples are electr ic power companies andother similar utility provider s.
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` Entry is barred when one f irm owns an essential resource.
` Examples are inventions, discover ies, recipes,
and specif ic mater ials. Microsoft owns Windows, and has been challenged by
the U.S. Dept. of Justice as a monopolist.
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` Gover nments often provide barr ier s, creating monopolies.
` As incentives to innovation, gover nments often
grant patents, providing f irms with legal monopolies on their products or the use of their
inventions or discover ies for a per iod of 17 year s.
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` Legal barriers, such as patents, pr event others
fr om enter ing the mar et.
� Soc i ol og i cal arri r ± entry is pr evented
by custom or tr adition.
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` N atural barriers ± the f ir m has a unique abilit to
pr oduce what other f ir ms can¶t duplicate.
� Technol og i cal arri er ± the size of the
market can support only one f ir m.
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` Natural monopoly: A monopoly that ar ises fromeconomies of scale. The economies of scale ar ise from
natural supply and demand conditions, and not from
gover nment actions.
` Local monopoly: a monopoly that exists in a limitedgeographic area.
` Regulated monopoly: a monopoly f irm whose behavior
is over seen by a gover nment entity.
` Monopoly power : market power, the power to set
pr ices.
` Monopolization: an attempt by a f irm to dominate a
market or become a monopoly.
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` In any market, the industry demand curve is
downward-sloping. This is the result of the law
of demand.
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` r itical to under standing the prof it maximization of the monopolist is remember ing that themonopolist is the industry because it is the soleproducer.
` Therefore the monopolist confronts a downward-sloping demand curve. The industry demandcurve is the firm¶s demand curve.
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` Recall that the marginal revenue (MR) is:
QTR MR (
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` Remember is that margi nal revenue is the
change in total r evenue that occurs as a f ir m
changes its output.
TR=P x QTR=P x Q
MR = Change in Total Revenue/ change in outputMR = Change in Total Revenue/ change in output
Another way to say it is:Another way to say it is:
³how much does your TotalRevenue changes as you increase output´³how much does your TotalRevenue changes as you increase output´
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` MR is less than pr ice for a monopoly f irm.
` The MR is less than pr ice and declines as output
increases because the monopolist must lower the pr icein order to sell more units (because the demand curve
slopes downward).
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` When a monopolist incr eases output, it lowers the
pr ice on all pr evious units.
As a result, a monopolist¶s mar ginal
revenue is always below its pr ice.
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` Whenever MR is greater than AR, AR r ises.
` Whenever MR is less than AR, AR falls.
` Average revenue is:
P QQP AR !
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` Note that the AR is the same as pr ice. In fact, the AR curve is the demand curve.
` With a downward-sloping demand curve,
pr ices fall as output increases. This means that AR falls.
` MR must always e less than AR.
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` ow much should the monopolistic f ir m choose to
pr oduce if it wants to maximi e pr of it?
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` The f irst thing to r emember is thatmargi nal
revenue is the change in total r evenue that occurs
as a f ir m changes its output.
TR=P x QTR=P x Q
MR = Change in Total Revenue/ change in outputMR = Change in Total Revenue/ change in output
Another way to say it is:Another way to say it is:³how much does your Total Revenue changes as you increase output´³how much does your Total Revenue changes as you increase output´
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` When a monopolist incr eases output, it lowers the
pr ice on all pr evious units.
As a result, a monopolists marginalrevenue is always below its price.
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` In order to maximize prof it, a monopolist
produces the output level at which mar ginal
cost equals mar ginal revenue.
Producing at an output level whereMR > MC or where MR < MC willyield lower profits.
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Output Price TR MR TC MC ATC Profit
0 36 0 ² 47 ² ±47
1 33 33 33 48 1 48.00 ±15
2 30 60 27 50 2 25.00 10
3 27 81 21 54 4 18.00 27
4 24 96 15 62 8 15.50 34
5 21 105 9 78 16 15.60 27 6 18 108 3 102 24 17.00 6
7 15 105 ±3 142 40 20.29 ±37
8 12 96 ±9 196 56 24.75 ±102
9 9 81 ±15 278 80 30.89 ±197
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` The marginal r evenue cur ve is a gr aphical
measur e of the change in r evenue that occurs in
r esponse to a change in pr ice.
`
It tells us the additional r evenue the f ir m will get by expanding output.
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` If MR > MC , the monopolist gains pr of it by
incr easing output.
` If MR < MC , the monopolist gains pr of it by
decr easing output.` If MC = MR , the monopolist is maximi ing pr of it.
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` The MR = MC condition deter mines the quantity a
monopolist pr oduces.
` The monopolist will charge the maximum pr ice
consumers ar e willing to pay f or that quantity.` That pr ice is f ound on the demand cur ve.
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` To determine the prof it-maximizing pr ice (where
MC = MR), f ir st f ind the prof it maximizing output.
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MC
$36
30
24
18
12
60
6
12
Pr ice
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
D
MR
Monopolist
pr ice
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` Draw the f irm's mar ginal revenue curve.
` Determine the output the monopolist will produce
by the inter section of the MC and MR curves.
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` Determine the pr ice the monopolist will char ge for
that output.
Determine the average cost at that levelof output.
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` Determine the monopolist's prof it (loss) by
subtracting average total cost from average
revenue (P ) at that level of output and multiply by
the chosen output.
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` The monopolist will make a prof it if pr ice exceeds
average total cost.
The monopolist will make a normal returnif price equal average total cost.
The monopolist will incur a loss if price is
less than average total cost.
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` A monopolist can make a prof it.
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` A monopolist can break even.
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Pr ice MC
Quantity
P M
0
MR D
QM
AT C
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` A monopolist can make a loss.
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Pr ice AT C MC
Quantity0
MR D
QM
LossP M
C M B
A
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` The monopoly f irm will notnot set the pr ice arbitrar ilyhigh, the prof it-maximizing pr ice still corresponds
to the point where MR=MC.
`
The monopoly f irm¶s market power will allow thef irm to achieve above-normal prof its.
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` A monopolist will suspend operations in theshort run if its pr ice does not exceed the
average var iable cost at the quantity the f irm
produces.
` A monopolist will shut down permanently if revenue is not likely to equal or exceed all costs
in the long run.
` In contrast, however, if a monopolist makes a
prof it, barr ier s to entry will keep other f irms outof the industry.
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1. A monopolist can char ge any pr ice it wants andwill reap unseemly prof its by continually
increasing the pr ice.
2. A monopolist is not sensitive to customer s.
3. A monopolist cannot make a loss.