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3.4 Oligopoly

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3.4.4 (a, b) Characteristics and concentration ratios

Spec: what students need to learn

  • High barriers to entry and exit, high concentration ratio, interdependence, product differentiation
  • Calculating n-firm concentration ratios and their significance

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3.4.4 (c, d) Collusion

Spec: what students need to learn

  • Reasons for collusive and non-collusive behaviour
  • Overt and tacit collusion; cartels and price leadership

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3.4.4 (e) Game theory

Spec: what students need to learn

  • The prisoner's dilemma in a simple two-firm, two-outcome model

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3.4.4 (f, g) Price and non-price competition

Spec: what students need to learn

  • Price wars, predatory pricing and limit pricing
  • Types of non-price competition

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