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OLIGOPOLY, REALISM: Real world markets are heavily populated by oligopoly. About half of all output produced in the U.S. economy each year is done so by oligopoly firms. Other industrialized nations can make a similar claim. Oligopoly markets arise in a wide assortment different industries, ranging from manufacturing to retail trade to resource extraction to financial services.

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Lesson 11: Elasticity Basics | Unit 4: A Continuum Page: 21 of 25

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  • Let's end this unit with what lies in the middle of the elasticity continuum lies unit elastic.

  • Unit elastic is an elasticity alternative in which any percentage change in one variable (price) causes an equal percentage change in another variable (quantity).
  • This applies to both the price elasticity of demand and the price elasticity of supply, because the negative value of the price elasticity of demand is ignored.

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INVESTMENT

The sacrifice of current benefits or rewards to pursue an activity with expectations of greater future benefits or rewards. Investment is the mechanism used to increase the economy's production capabilities and generate economic growth. Investment is typically used to mean the purchase of capital by business in anticipation of profit, which is termed investment expenditures.

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