Given that this firm is producing in a Monopolistic Competition (M.C.) market structure (with, e.g., 30 firms), suppose this market were to transform, over time, into an oligopoly type of market structure, with only 3 fırms dominating all the national sales. Describe one advantage, plus one disadvantage, of oligopolies to society (hint: pricing behavior, types of efficiency, etc.)

Given that this firm is producing in a Monopolistic Competition (M.C.) market structure (with, e.g., 30 firms), suppose this market were to transform, over time, into an oligopoly type of market structure, with only 3 fırms dominating all the national sales. Describe one advantage, plus one disadvantage, of oligopolies to society (hint: pricing behavior, types of efficiency, etc.)

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