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AD VALOREM TARIFF: A tax on imports that is specified as a percentage of the value of the good or service being taxed. This is one form of trade barrier that's intended to restrict imports into a country. Unlike nontariff barriers and quotas, which increase prices and thus revenue received by domestic producers, an 'ad valorem tariff' generates revenue for the government. For example: a 15 percent ad valorem tariff on a TV set worth $100 would pay a tariff of $15. One advantage of an ad valorem tariff is that it keeps up with changes in prices (mostly inflation).

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Lesson Contents
Unit 1: Intro
  • Definition
  • Market Structure Continuum
  • Real World Oligopoly
  • Structure And Behavior
  • Unit 1 Summary
  • Unit 2: Structure
  • Concentration
  • Concentration Ratios
  • Herfindahl Index
  • Entry Barriers
  • Unit 2 Summary
  • Unit 3: Behavior
  • Interdependence
  • Collusion
  • Merger
  • Unit 3 Summary
  • Unit 4: Analysis
  • Kinked-Demand Curve
  • Kinked-Demand Curve Analysis
  • Collusion Cost
  • Collusion Output
  • Game Theory
  • Unit 4 Summary
  • Unit 5: Evaluation
  • The Bad
  • The Good
  • Government Intervention?
  • Unit 5 Summary
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    Oligopoly

    • The first unit of this lesson, A Few Firms, begins this lesson with a look at the nature of oligopoly and how it is related to other market structures.
    • In the second unit, Structure, we see how markets with a small number of large firms are structured.
    • The third unit, Behavior, then looks at some of activities undertaken by oligopoly that are not seen in other market structures.
    • In the fourth unit, Some Graphs, we use a few graphs to examine different ways that oligopoly firms interact in the production of output.
    • The fifth and final unit, Taking Stock, then closes this lesson by considering the good and the bad of oligopoly and why it is often prone to government scrutiny.

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    KINKED-DEMAND CURVE

    A demand curve with two distinct segments which have different elasticities that join to form a corner or kink. The primary use of the kinked-demand curve is to explain price rigidity in oligopoly. The two segments are: (1) a relatively more elastic segment for price increases and (2) a relatively less elastic segment for price decreases. The relative elasticities of these two segments is based on the interdependent decision-making of oligopolistic firms.

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