Microeconomics
Microeconomics
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259655500
Author: David C Colander
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Distinguish oligopoly from monopoly competition.

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According to the monopolistic competition, the firms are independent because there are many firms in a monopolistic market, while the oligopoly market has only a few firms in the market. This makes the firms to take interdependently their strategic decisions. In an oligopolist market, the firms are a part of a price war.

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