The document discusses different types of markets and monopoly. It defines monopoly as a market with a single seller and no close substitutes for the product. The document presents three cases of monopoly and provides graphs of monopoly revenue and marginal revenue curves. It concludes with a references section.
3. Introduction
Market forms
Market refers to a place or locality where
commodities can be bought and sold. In
economies market does not necessarily
mean or refer to a particular place but to
the mechanism by which buyers and sellers
of a commodity are able to contact each
other for having economic exchange
5. Monopoly
• Derived from two Greek words:
‘Monos’ meaning single
‘Poles’ meaning seller
• Monopoly means existence of a single
producer or seller who produces or sells a
product which has no close substitutes
6. Monopoly
• Features of monopoly:
Single seller many buyers
No close substitutes
Closed entry
Price Maker
Price discrimination