Section 2 Flashcards

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Cartel

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Is a group that acts together to set prices and limit output.

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Monopoly

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Occurs when there is only one seller of a product that has no close substitutes.

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Price maker

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Is a film that does not have to consider competitors when setting the prices of its products.

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Barrier to entry

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Makes it hard for a new business to enter a market.

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Natural monopoly

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Occurs when the costs of production are lowest with only one producer.

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Government monopoly

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Exists when the government either owns and runs the business or authorizes only one producer.

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Technical monopoly

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Occurs when a film controls a manufacturing method, invention, or type of technology.

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Geographic monopoly

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Occurs when there are no other producers within a certain region.

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Economies of scale

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Occurs when the average cost of production fails as the producer grows larger.

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Patent

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Gives an inventor the exclusive property rights to that invention or process for a certain number of years.

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