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SECOND BANK OF THE UNITED STATES: The second attempt by the United States to created a central bank. The second bank was established in 1816 and when defunct in 1836, when it lost a political battle with President Andrew Jackson. The United States did not seek another central bank until the Federal Reserve System was established in 1913.

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Lesson 20: Oligopoly | Unit 5: Evaluation Page: 22 of 24

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  • The two most noted goods from oligopoly are:

    Innovations:

  • Of the four market structures, oligopoly is the one most prone toward innovation.
  • And innovations are what advance the level of technology, expands production capabilities, promotes economic growth, and leads to higher living standards.

    Scale Economies: Oligopoly firms are also able to take advantage of scale economies that reduce production costs and prices.

  • As large firms, they can "mass produce" at low average cost.


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RETURNS TO SCALE

Changes in production the occur when all resources are proportionately changed in the long run. Returns to scale come in three forms--increasing, decreasing, or constant based on whether the changes in production are proportionally more than, less than, or equal to the proportional changes in inputs. Returns to scale are the guiding principle for long-run production, playing a similar role that the law of diminishing marginal returns plays for short-run production.

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