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DEMAND DECREASE AND SUPPLY INCREASE: A simultaneous decrease in the willingness and ability of buyers to purchase a good at the existing price, illustrated by a leftward shift of the demand curve, and an increase in the willingness and ability of sellers to sell a good at the existing price, illustrated by a rightward shift of the supply curve. When combined, both shifts result in an indeterminant change in equilibrium quantity and a decrease in equilibrium price.

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Lesson 17: Market Structures | Unit 1: Intro Page: 1 of 23

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  • A definition of market structure to get us started:

  • Market structure is the configuration of a market or industry, especially in terms of the number of firms in the market and the competitiveness of each firm.
  • At times, the term industrial organization is used synonymously with market structure.

  • Industrial organization is the manner in which a market or industry is organized or structured, especially in terms of the competitiveness of the firms making up the market or industry.
  • In particular, market structures are generally organized in one of four manners:

    • Perfect competition
    • Monopoly
    • Monopolistic competition
    • Oligopoly


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SELF CORRECTION, RECESSIONARY GAP

The automatic process in which the aggregate market eliminates a recessionary gap created by a short-run equilibrium that is less than full employment through decreases in wages (and other resource prices). The self-correction mechanism is triggered by short-run resource market imbalances that are closed by long-run price flexibility. The self-correction process of the aggregate market also acts to close an inflationary gap with higher wages (and other resource prices).

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