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ELASTICITY AND SUPPLY INTERCEPT: The intersection of a straight-line supply curve with vertical price axis and/or horizontal quantity axis reveals the relative price elasticity of supply. Intersection with the horizontal quantity axis means inelastic and intersection with the vertical price axis means elastic. Intersection with the origin means unit elastic supply.

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Lesson 17: Market Structures | Unit 2: Four Types Page: 6 of 23

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  • This diagram presents this market structure continuum:

    • Perfect competition is the market structure containing a large number of small firms, each with have NO market control.

    • Monopoly is the market structure containing a single firm that has complete market control.

    • Monopolistic competition is the market structure containing a large number of small firms, each with a small degree of market control.

    • Oligopoly is the market structure containing a small number of large firms, each with a substantial amount of market control.


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A structured way of investigating and explaining the operation of the world by testing and verifying hypothesized relations. The scientific method is a process of discovery, a method of explaining the way the world operates. Positive economics is the application of the scientific method to economic analysis.

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